Documentary investigates low wages, excessive work hours and other labor violations in Dell supply chain factories.
Incident Tag: Non-Living Wage
Study Casts Doubts on Apple’s Ethical Standards
Extremely low base wages make workers dependent on excessive overtime work to support their lives in Shanghai. 71.1% of workers’ average toil more than 60 hours/week.
European garment workers face forced overtime and poverty wages (Czech)
Unpaid overtime or unpaid bonuses, illegal deductions from wages and forced overtime worked via various threats of sanctions.
European garment workers face forced overtime and poverty wages (Poland)
Another Fire in Bangladesh: Seven Women Killed at Smart Fashion, Saturday Jan 26
7 women killed in factory fire, including 3 children.
Bangladesh Garment Factories Often Evade Monitoring
Excessive work hours at factory (4.500 workers) producing garments; many employees routinely work more than 100 hours/week; regularly work may last until 5 a.m to meet production targets.
Violation of the U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement: Human Trafficking Returns to Jordan
Workers stripped of their passports which constitutes human trafficking crime. “Workers are forced to toil 15 to 16 hours a day, 7 days/week” earning as much as 53 cents/hour.
International Label Children’s Clothing Made Under Slave-like Conditions in Bangladesh
Production manager routinely slaps and punches young workers for failing to meet production goals; work from 8:00 a.m. to 10-11:00 p.m. 6 days/week; plus 9-10 hour work on 7th day; 94 to 101 hours/week; 41 cents (US)/ hour for senior operator.
Wal-Mart and Disney Toys from Hell
Gap and Old Navy in Bangladesh: cheating the poorest workers in the world
14- to – 23 hour shifts, 7 days/week, reaching to massive 210 hours of overtime, even for pregnant women; extreme work hours; beatings; humiliation; death threats; starvation wages (20 to 24 cents per hour); workers visibly sick, exhausted and dazed.