Dangerous working environment for 500- 600 factory workers manufacturing plastic products; workshops are extremely hot and unsanitary; floor is covered with grease and water.
Incident Tag: Occupational Hazard
Lack of necessary safety equipment
Investment that creates workers’ misery and poverty; Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) (1)
About 800 workers manufacturing various commodities toil for at least 12 hours/day, 7 days/week. Very often shifts exceed 14 hours/day going even all night and follow the work schedule on the following day. Average pay is very low (US$131-$160 per month) at times lower to local minimum wage.
Electronics multinationals and labour rights in Mexico
Outsourcing and labour rights violations, constant work instability, unsafe practices, exposure to toxic materials and work related illnesses, and sexual harassment revealed by yearly report on labour conditions in Mexico.
Jitian Factory Investigation
11,5 – 13 hours of work, 14-14,5 hours overall factory stay and low wages for (over 1.000) workers producing winter sports clothes.
Adidas, Real Winner of the 2008 Olympics (3)
Terrible working conditions in factory (~3,000 workers) producing balls and sportswear; during peak season (October to February) workers don’t even have one day off a month; very low wages; factory withholds a month’s wage; workers experience ‘unimaginable pain’ on their hands from chemicals used; gloves provided only when factory is audited; factory trains workers to deceive clients.
Adidas, Real Winner of the 2008 Olympics (2)
Poor conditions in factory (~3,500 workers) producing sport accessories: low wages (local minimum wage 770 RMB/Month); frequently occurring accidents; 11 hours/day shifts (13,5 hours in factory), 6 days/week; compulsory overtime; hat production workers may stay at factory 16 hours.
Adidas, Real Winner of the 2008 Olympics (1)
Low wages, 10-12 hour shifts, 6 days/week for workers manufacturing sport shoes.
Puma’s Failure in CSR: Supplier’s Critical Conditions
Wages as low as 64 cents an hour, forced overtime, 12-hour shifts, 6 days/week, some times even overnight on Saturdays for factory workers making sports shoes.
Made in Bangladesh
Investigation in unregulated subcontracting vendors finds multiple children manufacturing clothes. Some identified aged 12 and 14. Children earned as low as $32/month.
Puma Supplier’s Unchanged Dreadful Conditions
Low wages, workhours between 10 to 12 hours/day, 62.5 hour workweeks during peak season among other violations. Workers expressed that they are “treated as pigs”.