Report exposes poor factory working conditions including: long hours reaching 420 per month in peak seasons, below subsistence wages, questionable safety precautions.
Incident Tag: Occupational Hazard
Lack of necessary safety equipment
Major labor violations in a Quanta Computer factory
Investigation reveals 15 sets of labor violations at electronics factory; more than $1.8 million in monthly unpaid overtime; 12-hour daily shifts, 6-7 days/week; mandatory overtime; hours more than two times in excess of statutory limits.
Worker representatives of strike detained by local officials in Shenzhen
Hundreds of workers go on strike after manager slaps female worker at factory (with about 600 employees) manufacturing cosmetic brushes. Serious labor violations reported, including: 3-5 hours daily overtime, in addition to base 8 hour schedule, 6 days/week; 7 days/week in busy season; lack of effective protective measures.
More labor abuse in Samsung phone factory
$84,000 of monthly unpaid overtime wages, up to 148 hours of overtime per month, intense rates of work that have workers assembling one cell phone case every four seconds, underage workers in the production line (16-18 years old), regular verbal abuse by management, forcing workers to work barefoot, fines imposed on workers, and insufficient safety training and safety measures.
Wage theft of Mattel’s toy supplier factories equal to millions of dollars annually
Investigation uncovers 18 sets of legal and ethical violations, including 84 to 110 hours of monthly overtime, up to 13-hour working days, as well as hot and crowded dormitories, in 6 toy factories.
Investigations on Toy Suppliers in China: Workers are still suffering (5)
13 hours of work/day, and 15 hour overall stay in the factory making toys. Hours increase on peak season. No rest days for entire months. Coerced overtime. Low wages.
Investigations on Toy Suppliers in China: Workers are still suffering (4)
Normal 12 hour factory schedule for workers, sometimes with no rest days in an entire month, 2 report child workers, very low wages, physical abuse, no safety equipment. Workers say the factory is run by the criminal underworld.
Fresh labor violations in Chinese factory producing the “cheap” iPhone
Labor violations at factory (30,000 workers) manufcturing iphones: hiring discrimination over age (18-35) and tattoos; inadequate safety training; 12 hour daily work shifts; approximately 6 days/week; work reaching 110 hours of monthly overtime; standing work for 11.5 hours; 11 hours of forced and unpaid monthly overtime; potential audit fraud; workers rely on overtime work to earn a living wage; base wage is 1,500 RMB ($245).
Investigations on Toy Suppliers in China: Workers are still suffering (1)
Each worker averages a total of 300 hours per month, making plastic toys. Harsh conditions, low pay and lack of safety precautions.
Ju Qian (Capable) Furniture Factory Report
Workers during slow season stay in factory for 12 hours/day, 6 days/week making furniture, among other violations. Peak season schedule – 15 hours/day.