Western Digital

Date	Company	Accusation	City / Area / Country	Source	Tags	Media
27/08/2014	JCY International (Supplier Of Western Digital)	Workers riot at JCY Int. factory, highlighting accusations of poor working conditions after the death of an employee.	Johor Malaysia	Reuters, Wall Street Journal	Deaths, Negligence, Occupational Hazard
04/12/2011	Hailiang Memory Equipment Company (Owned by Western Digital)	1,000 workers go on strike to protest loss of seniority, low wages ($228 for new workers), withhold of worker overtime salaries and other grievances.	Shenzhen, Guangdong, China	China Labor Watch	Non-Living Wage, Unpaid Overtime
01/02/2007	Western Digital	Labor violations at HDD factory (8,000 employees): wage discrimination over agency workers; discrimination over pregnant women; workers state wages are not enogh to cover living costs; 12 hour daily shifts; 7 days/week during peak season (10 months/year); compulsury overtime; industrial hygiene concerns.	Navanakorn Industrial Estate, Thailand	SOMO	Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard
01/02/2007	Mektec (Supplier Of Western Digital)	Labor concerns at factory (3,600 employees) assemblying flip-chips for disk drivers: work 10,5 hours/day, 6 days/week; 7 days/week during peak season (3 months); forced overtime; intensive production rythms; workers are subject to degrading treatment.	Ayutthaya, Thailand	SOMO	Abusive Management, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime
01/02/2007	Paragon (Supplier Of Western Digital)	Labor concerns at flip chip assembly factory (350 employees): management discourages formation of unions; 11.5 hours in total each day, 5-6 days/week (57.5-80.5 hours/week); 7 days/week during peak production (January-June); abusive management; no sufficient protective equipment.	Thailand	SOMO	Abusive Management, Excessive Work Hours, Occupational Hazard, Union Repression