Archives: Incidents
| Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24/05/2011 - 01/01/2009 | Foxconn Technology Group | Foxconn systematically exploited young workers through internship programs offered by over 200 vocational schools since 2009, forcing them, for instance, to work 14-hour days in a standing position with low pay, according to report by Peking and Tsinghua Universities. | Southern China | Caixin | Child Labor, Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage | |
| 25/05/2011 | Apple | Two african-americans file lawsuit against Apple, alleging racial discrimination when they were allegedly asked to leave Apple store only because of their race last December. | Manhattan, New York, NY, United States | The Huffington Post | Discrimination | |
| 20/05/2011 | Foxconn Technology Group (Supplier Of Apple) | 3 dead and 16 injured at polishing workshop from explosion of combustible dust in a duct, initial findings suggest. | Chengdu, Sichuan, China | The Wall Street Journal | Deaths, Injuries & Diseases, Occupational Hazard | |
| 30/04/2011 | Foxconn Technology Group (Suppliers Of Apple) (Suppliers Of Hewlett-Packard (HP)) (Suppliers Of Nokia) (Suppliers Of Dell) | Routine excessive overtime, public humiliations, poor health conditions and crowded dormitories revealed in 3 Foxconn plants in report by two NGOs. | Shenzhen, Chengdu, and Chongqing, China | SOMO | Abusive Management, Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard | |
| 30/09/2007 - 01/03/2006 | Apple | Lawsuit claiming age discrimination against Apple; 60-year old Mac specialist's promotion application denied again and again; allegedly the employee was not provided with any explanation and his supervisor refused to acknowledge that he had applied. | Orlando, FL, United States | InformationWeek | Discrimination | |
| 20/01/2011 | (Apple) (Nokia) (LG) (Ericsson) (Singtel) | Group of 36 Chinese environmental groups issue report, accusing electronics companies, especially Apple, of failing to address concerns over pollution and worker health issues in factories supplying its components. | China | Financial Times | Injuries & Diseases, Negligence, Occupational Hazard, Pollution | |
| 21/05/2010 | Foxconn Technology Group (Supplier Of Apple) | Manager at Foxconn Technology Group's factory confirms that company security guards beat employees in an incident last August. | Beijing, China | China.org | Beatings & Violence | |
| 09/10/2010 | Foxconn Technology Group (Supplier Of Apple) (Supplier Of Nokia) (Supplier Of Dell) (Supplier Of Hewlett-Packard (HP)) | Research at electronics factory (~900.000 workers) suggests: "militaristic" work culture; exploitation of interns; forced overtime; 83.2 hours of average monthly overtime (twice the Chinese legal maximum); 10 hours or more daily work shifts for interns. | China | Reuters, China Labor Watch | Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Occupational Hazard | |
| 12/08/2009 | Coca-Cola | 24-year-old Coca Cola bottling plant worker beaten by managers and seriously injured, upon asking for resignation backpay. | Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China | China Labor Watch | Beatings & Violence | |
| 30/09/2010 - 01/06/2010 | Foxconn Technology Group (Supplier Of Hewlett-Packard (HP)) | Not acceptable labor conditions at 5 Foxconn factories: 10 hour standing shifts for most workers; majority works 270 hours on a monthly basis; low wages (from $0.66/hour to $1.00/hour); productions errors are treated with castigation, verbal rebuke and physical abuse. | Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Abusive Management, Beatings & Violence, Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage |