Archives: Incidents
| Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30/09/2010 - 01/07/2010 | Hengtai Factory (Supplier Of BKC) (Supplier Of KFC) (Supplier Of BIC Plastics) (Supplier Of Disney) (Supplier Of Taco Bell) | Poor conditions in factory (over 2,000 employees) manufacturing plastic toys; use of child laborers (16 years old); 12 hour daily work shifts (14 hours overall factory stay); 6 days/week; inadequate safety precautions on workers exposed to hazardous substances; factory fired ~70 workers protesting over pay and workhours. | Pinghu, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China | China Labor Watch | Child Labor, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Inspection Fraud, Occupational Hazard, Unpaid Insurance | |
| 30/11/2008 - 01/11/2008 | Yue Yuen Industrial (Holdings) Limited (Supplier Of Adidas) | Very poor conditions at shoe factory (over 15,000 workers): frequent suicides; discrimination against workers; 10 hour regular daily shifts; at least 11 hour daily shifts, 6 days/week during peak seasons; exposure to extreme high temperatures and chemicals; lack of safety equipment. | Dongguan, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Occupational Hazard, Suicides, Unpaid Insurance, Unpaid Overtime | |
| 31/10/2008 - 01/07/2008 | Yue Yuen Industrial (Holdings) Limited (Supplier Of Adidas) | 3 workers end their lives in 4 month timespan, by jumping from factory building (YYII-S6), allegedly over demonstration towards poor factory treatment. | Dongguan, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Deaths, Suicides | |
| 23/02/2012 | Foxconn Technology Group (Supplier Of Apple) | Major labor rights NGOs release open statement accusing a Fair Labor Association audit of Foxconn plants, which concluded that Foxconn factories were 'better than the norm,' of major flaws in their system, calling the audits a 'PR stunt.' | China | GoodElectronics | Consumer Deception, Inspection Fraud | |
| 13/07/2011 | (Suppliers Of Abercrombie & Fitch) (Suppliers Of Adidas) (Suppliers Of Bauer Hockey) (Suppliers Of Calvin Klein) (Suppliers Of Converse) (Suppliers Of Cortefiel) (Suppliers Of H&M (Hennes & Mauritz)) (Suppliers Of Lacoste) (Suppliers Of Li-Ning) (Suppliers Of Meters/bonwe) (Suppliers Of Nike) (Suppliers Of Phillips Van Heusen (PVH)) (Suppliers Of Puma) (Youngor Textiles Factory) (Suppliers Of Youngor) (Well Dyeing Factory Limited) | Chinese conglomerate supplying leading brands discharged hormone-disrupting chemicals and other toxins into the country's major water systems, according to Greenpeace. | Yinzhou, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China | Greenpeace, The Guardian | Negligence, Pollution | |
| 31/08/2010 - 01/08/2010 | Jiujiang Smartball Sports Equipment Corporation (Supplier Of Adidas) | Investigation report at factory producing balls and other sports equipment reveals: 10-11 daily work shifts; 6 days/week; mandated overtime during peak season (October-June); work at least 84 hours/week in peak season; reported injuries; incidents of guards beating employees. | Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China | China Labor Watch | Beatings & Violence, Forced Overtime, Inspection Fraud, Occupational Hazard | |
| 31/08/2010 - 01/08/2010 | Yue Yuen Industrial (Holdings) Limited (Supplier Of Adidas) | Report on shoe factory (YY-G3 factory) finds: 11 hour work shifts at peak season; plus 8 hour work on Saturday; very hot work space; forming and boiler workers work on up to 40 degrees temperature. | Dongguan, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Excessive Work Hours, Occupational Hazard | |
| 30/03/2008 | (Suppliers Of Adidas) | Investigation at factories of Adidas suggests poor conditions including: basic wages of £11.36 a week; management cheating on pay; discrimination; longer than 70 hours of work per week to earn a living wage; stifling attempts of setting up a union. | Fuzhoo, China | The Sunday Times | Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage, Union Repression | |
| 08/07/2010 | Yue Yuen Industrial (Holdings) Limited (Supplier Of Adidas) | Male factory worker (Zhao Jianju) dies of heat stroke. | Dongguan, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch, China.Huanqiu | Deaths, Occupational Hazard | |
| 30/04/2011 - 01/04/2011 | Meiko Electronics (Supplier Of Apple) (Supplier Of Motorola) (Supplier Of Siemens) | 150-metre ditch with milky-white liquid found running from the side of manufacturing facility to Nantaizi Lake, polluting the water all the way to the Yangtze River | Wuhan, Hubei, China | ForeignPolicy, The Wall Street Journal | Pollution |