Labor violations at factory (3,000 employees) manufacturing exterior computer parts: forced labor; ID’s withheld for 3-14 days preventing workers from leaving the factory; hiring discrimination over age groups (above 35 years old) and workers with tattoos; discrimination against pregnant women; insufficient training procedure; 12 hour daily shifts (~136 hours monthly overtime); work 20- 31 days month; unpaid 14 hours of monthly overtime; mandatory overtime; base wage cannot meet basic needs ($240.95); workers rely on overtime; 80% of employees work while standing; factory disposes cutting solution to sewage system; chemical hazard; injuries; dispatch workers don’t recieve social insurance; worker harassement and scolding if quota isn’t met.
Incident Tag: Forced Labor
Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29) – [ratifications ]
http://www.ilo.org/global/standards/subjects-covered-by-international-labour-standards/forced-labour/lang–en/index.htm
This fundamental convention prohibits all forms of forced or compulsory labour, which is defined as “all work or service which is exacted from any person under the menace of any penalty and for which the said person has not offered himself voluntarily.”
http://www.ilo.org/global/topics/forced-labour/news/WCMS_237569/lang–en/index.htm
“Forced labour refers to situations in which persons are coerced to work through the use of violence or intimidation, or by more subtle means such as accumulated debt, retention of identity papers or threats of denunciation to immigration authorities. ”
The Chaos in Global Supply Chain Exacerbates Terrible Working Conditions in China
Labor concerns at factory (about 3,500 workers) manufacturing parts of electronic products: the factory does not strictly adhere to the terms of the employment contract; 12-13.5 daily work shifts; some shifts last up to 15 hours; workers must go 3 months without a single day off; forced labor is present at the factory; monthly wage is 2000 RMB (308USD); workers are not given any fire safety training; some reported injuries.
Apple says child labour found at suppliers
Child labor, as well cases of excessive working-hours, hazardous waste and emissions, dangerous occupational environments, discrimination, and bonded labor found in audit of factories in 14 different countries initiated by Apple on its own supply chain.
Plea for Help From Man Claiming to Be Chinese Prisoner Found in Saks Bag
Plea for help from man claiming to be Chinese prisoner-worker found in Saks bag. Man alleges he and other workers are ll-treated and work like slaves for 13 hours every day producing such bags in bulk.
BAD CONNECTIONS Print Mobile phone batteries from at least four leading mobile phone producers contain cobalt from DR Congo.
Study shows mobile phone companies use cobalt from DR Congo, running the risk of supporting illegal export and unfair mining practices, which often involves severe human rights abuses.
Total lawsuit in Belgium (re Myanmar)
Accusations of complicity in crimes against humanity, such as torture and forced labour, committed by Myanmar military junta during construction and operation of ‘Yadana’ Gas Pipeline – case dropped by Belgian authorities.
Revealed: Asian slave labour producing prawns for supermarkets in US, UK
Slave labor, torture, execution-style killings and human trafficking in Thai fishing boats supplying major supermarkets.
‘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.”