Workers strike at Foxconn Group’s Xin Hai Yang Precision (Jiangxi) Ltd. factory, demanding higher wages.
Incident Tag: Non-Living Wage
Wage described as workers not being able to make endsmeet. Overtime is required.
BY the CCC :
“This means that a living wage should
• be paid to all workers and a lower minimum wage would be illegal
• be earned within a standard working week, that is no longer than 48 hours
• be a basic wage: exclusive of benefits, bonuses and overtime pay
• cover the basic needs of the worker and his/her family
• provide a discretionary income amounting to at least 10% of the basic wage.”
Made in China: The Sweatshop behind the Bratz
Workers paid below subsistence-level wages making Bratz dolls; 51 ½ cents an hour; $4.13 a day. Routine 13 ½ to 15 ½ –hour shifts, seven days a week.
Deterioration of Mattel’s Labor Conditions: An Investigation of Four Factories (Dong Yao -DDYT)
Labor problems at toy factory (900 to 2,100 employees): extreme 180-210 monthly overtime in peak season (June-September); up to 14-15 hour daily shifts 6-7 days/week (including 6-7 hours of daily overtime); overtime illegally paid; lack of a living wage; 15 minute daily unpaid work; safety concerns; spray paint workers did not wear masks.
Chinese Workers Manufacturing for McDonald’s and Disney Outraged by Mistreatment
Workers protest against meager wages and poor living conditions at toy factory.
Holiday Cards of Abuse: Wal-Mart in China
Workers kept at the factory 13 hours/day, seven days a week, paid 34 cents an hour making gift cards & notebooks.
Blood & Exhaustion Behind Bargain: Toys Made in China for Wal-Mart and Dollar General
Workers forced to work 15 to 19.5 hours a day, seven days/week making plastic toys for 43 cents an hour. Repetitive work – one operation every three seconds – leaves them with blistered and bleeding hands and fingers.
All workers at Changlian Metallic Materials Company in Panyu, Guangzhou carry out a strike to protest against low wages and use of dispatch workers.
All workers stage protest at metallic materials factory, expressing dissatisfaction with low-wages and use of dispatch workers sent by Shenzhen Xiangtong Dispatch Worker Company in order to avoid the payment of labor insurance.
All workers strike at Tianyi Electronics (spaceflight instruments) in Zunyi, Guizhou.
Company workers carry out strike to protest against unfairly low wages.
An Investigation of Eight Samsung Factories in China (Samsung 6)
Report uncovers legal violations and labor abuses in 6 Samsung factories producing electronics: exhaustive working conditions; factory reaching 186 hours/month during peak season; work well over 100 hours of overtime/month in 5 factories; in all factories overtime surpasses the legal limit (36 hours/month); hiring of child workers in 3 factories; 11-12 hour shifts.
Follow-up Investigations of Five Samsung Factories (4 Samsung Factories)
Follow-up investigations at 4 Samsung factories revealed no improvements since report published 2 months ago. ‘Worker violations, such as illegally long overtime hours, abuse of dispatch, underage, and student workers, employment discrimination, unfair treatment, low wages, and more still exist at Samsung factories.’