Archives: Incidents
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Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
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01/02/2009 - 01/12/2008 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Shell ordered (in January 2015) to compensate 15,600 Nigerian fishermen for losses suffered to their health, livelihoods and land caused by two massive oil spills in 2008 and 2009 - £55 million. | Bodo, Nigeria | Leigh Day, BBC | Pollution | |
01/03/2016 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Two new legal cases launched against the oil giant Shell over damage caused to the environment in Nigeria from repeated large scale oil spills. | Ogoni, Rivers, Nigeria | Leigh Day | Negligence, Pollution | |
22/12/2014 | Zhen Ding Technology Holdings Limited (Supplier Of Apple) (Supplier Of Amazon) | Incidents of over 100 security guards harassing and beatings at factory (15,000 workers). Workers toil for 64 to 72 hours/week; with low wages; workers are numb and exhausted. "We are just machines" - Zhen Ding Tech worker
| Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights | Abusive Management, Beatings & Violence, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Pollution, Tax Avoidance, Union Repression | |
10/12/2015 | Zhenyang Wanju Factory (Supplier Of Disney) (Supplier Of Mattel) (Supplier Of Hasbro) (Supplier Of MGA Entertainment) (Supplier Of Simba-Dickie-Group) (Supplier Of Ludendo) | “Both hands must be constantly moving.” 12 to 13-plus hour shifts in near freezing conditions, earning as little as $1.36 an hour. Fumes from chemicals including industrial alcohol, phenylenediamine and sodium peroxide cause nausea, dizziness and headaches. | Dongguan, Guangdong, China | Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights | Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Pollution, Unpaid Insurance, Unpaid Overtime | |
04/09/2014 | Catcher Technology (Supplier Of Apple) (Supplier Of Lenovo) (Supplier Of HTC) (Supplier Of Motorola) (Supplier Of Dell) (Supplier Of Sony) (Supplier Of Hewlett-Packard (HP)) | 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. | Suqian, China | China Labor Watch | Abusive Management, Child Labor, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Inspection Fraud, Occupational Hazard, Pollution, Union Repression, Unpaid Insurance, Unpaid Overtime | |
04/02/2016 | Anotech International Kitchenware Company (Supplier Of GreenPan) | Over exhausted workforce sleeping next to machines in the workshop. Their safety "equipment distributed is insufficient". On the day of the investigation "a worker's hand was smashed by a pressing machine". | Jiangmen, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Injuries & Diseases, Inspection Fraud, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Pollution, Union Repression, Unpaid Insurance, Unpaid Overtime, Unpaid Wages | |
20/11/2015 | Zhenyang Wanju Factory (Supplier Of Disney) (Supplier Of MGA Entertainment) | Devastating sweatshop conditions with workers exposed to toxic chemicals such as industrial alcohol and acetone, or extremely loud machines. Factory's industrial waste water is discharged directly into a nearby river without treatment. | Dongguan, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Inspection Fraud, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Pollution, Union Repression, Unpaid Insurance, Unpaid Wages |