Worker jumped out of the fourth floor of a factory building to her death after being fired for participating in a strike.
Incident Tag: Deaths
75 dead, 186 injured. Tell GM to take responsibility!
75 dead, 186 injured from metallic dust explosion and ensuing fire in wheel supplying factory.
Chinese worker, 26, making Apple iPhones died after enduring 12 hour shifts, seven days a week, family claim
Worker (26 years old) dies after working 84 hours/week, family claims;12 hour daily shifts; 7 days/week.
Second Death in Four-day Period at Foxconn Zhengzhou
Female worker found lying dead on the ground outside Foxconn’s Zaofu factory.
CLW Confirms Another Suicide of a Foxconn Worker
Male worker at Foxconn factory jumped from building to his death.
Wiwa et al v. Royal Dutch Petroleum et al
Shell charged with complicity in human rights abuses against the Ogoni people of Nigeria. Abuses include: “summary execution, crimes against humanity, torture, inhumane treatment, arbitrary arrest, wrongful death, and assault and battery.” Case settled for $15.5 million.
J&J must pay $72 mln for cancer death linked to talcum powder -lawyers
J & J ordered to pay damages for woman’s death from ovarian cancer linked to her use of the company’s talcum-based Baby Powder and Shower to Shower for several decades – $72 million
‘SEA SLAVES’: THE HUMAN MISERY THAT FEEDS PETS AND LIVESTOCK
Slave Labor in Indonesian fishing boats linked to pet consumer products – “those who fled recounted horrific violence: the sick cast overboard, the defiant beheaded, the insubordinate sealed for days below deck in a dark, fetid fishing hold.”
Tazreen one year on – factsheet (20/11/2013)
112 workers dead, and many more injured in deadly fire break out. Survivors were forced to jump off fifth floor windows to escape the fire.
Another Fire in Bangladesh: Seven Women Killed at Smart Fashion, Saturday Jan 26
7 women killed in factory fire, including 3 children.