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.
Incident Tag: Abusive Management
Exhaustion Has No Limit at Apple Supplier in China
Two Years of Broken Promises
Two investigations throughout 2013-2014 find labor violations at factory (20,000 workers) including: excessive overtime nearly 100 hours/month, hazardous waste poured into a nearby river, unsafe working environment. Catcher workers have “suffered skin and eye irritation, and are at risk for more serious health problems” making tablet computers, smartphones and laptops.
Who Else Continues to Exploit Toy Workers? (Lung Cheong)
Who Else Continues to Exploit Toy Workers? (Mattel Electronics Dongguan)
Barbie, Mickey Mouse, Optimus Prime, Thomas the Tank Engine: Who Else Continues to Exploit Toy Workers? (Coronet Toys)
Dirty Frying Pans: An investigation of labor abuses in five Chinese cookware factories (Xinhui Ri)
ANOTHER SAMSUNG SUPPLIER EXPLOITING CHILD LABOR
iExploitation: Apple Supplier Jabil Exploits Workers to Meet iPhone 6 Demands (Sep 25, 2014)
Labor violations at factory (30,000 workers) including: unsafe working environment, verbally abusive management, workforce dependent on overtime wages, cases of unpaid overtime wages, crowded dormitories (8 people/per room).