Archives: Incidents
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| Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31/05/2011 - 01/03/2011 | Hongkai Electronic Technology (Supplier Of Sony) (Supplier Of Hewlett-Packard (HP)) (Supplier Of NEC) (Supplier Of ABLECOM) (Supplier Of Herman Miller, Inc) (Supplier Of Jabil Circuit Inc.) (Supplier Of General Electric) | 11-12 work hours each day, for 30 days each month - monthly overtime exceeding 142 hours - during peak season (September - November). If workers do not work overtime, they won't get a living wage. Malfunctioning machines lead in the past to over 8 major accidents resulting in life-long disabilities. Work pace is fast, no time to use the bathroom. Managers speak harshly and crudely to workers. | Huangjiang, Dongguang, China | China Labor Watch | Abusive Management, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Injuries & Diseases, Inspection Fraud, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard | |
| 30/04/2011 - 01/04/2011 | Catcher Technology (Supplier Of International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)) (Supplier Of Dell) (Supplier Of Hewlett-Packard (HP)) (Supplier Of Motorola) (Supplier Of Sony) (Supplier Of Fujitsu) | 10.5 working hours per day, 7 days/week regardless of peak or off season. Workers are being scolded, if being slow. At times physical abuse is in order. Workers complain of strong toxic odors, when manufacturing mobile phones and cameras. | Suzhou, Jiangsu, China | China Labor Watch | Abusive Management, Beatings & Violence, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Occupational Hazard | |
| 31/03/2011 - 01/03/2011 | Quanta Computer (Supplier Of Lenovo) (Supplier Of Hewlett-Packard (HP)) (Supplier Of Toshiba) (Supplier Of Dell) (Supplier Of Samsung) (Supplier Of Sony) | ~1/3 of factory's workforce is below 18 years of age, 140 hours/month overtime with one or two days of rest every month at peak seasons. | Shanghai, China | China Labor Watch | Child Labor, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Occupational Hazard | |
| 11/10/2011 | Gucci (Owned by Kering) | Five former Gucci-employees publicly release an open letter claiming that the company was a "sweatshop", alleging abusive management, over 12 hour daily shifts, at times staying until 2-3:00 am, forced overtime, among other grievances. | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | China Daily | Abusive Management, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Unpaid Overtime | |
| 28/09/2011 | Rushan Alice Garments Company, Ltd. (Supplier Of Target) | Clothing factory among occupational safety issues, currently runs on 10 hour daily shifts, 28 days/month; 30 days/month (no days off) when receiving multiple production orders. | Weihai, Shandong, China | China Labor Watch | Child Labor, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Occupational Hazard, Unpaid Insurance, Unpaid Overtime | |
| 21/08/2011 | Ningbo Hesheng Headwear Co. Ltd. (Supplier Of American Eagle Outfitters) (Supplier Of Gap) (Supplier Of Betmar Hats) (Supplier Of August Hat Company) (Supplier Of J.Crew) (Supplier Of Kate Spade & Company) (Supplier Of Talbots) (Supplier Of Target) | Low wages, student labor (16 year old employees), regular 12 hour day-work, working 30 days/month on busy season for factory workers. | Cixi, Zhejiang, China | China Labor Watch, (2) | Child Labor, Excessive Work Hours, Inspection Fraud, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard | |
| 19/07/2011 | Kingmaker Footwear factory (Supplier Of Clarks) (Supplier Of Timberland) | Sick worker, denied day-off to rest, dies of over-exhaustion during peak production period. | Zhuhai, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Deaths, Excessive Work Hours | |
| 30/11/2006 - 01/11/2006 | (Suppliers Of Acer) (Suppliers Of Founder Group) (Suppliers Of Apple) (Suppliers Of ASRock) (Suppliers Of ASUS) (Suppliers Of BYD Company Ltd.) (Suppliers Of Canon) (Suppliers Of Compaq) (Suppliers Of Datang Telecom) (Suppliers Of Elecom) (Suppliers Of Dell) (Suppliers Of Seiko Epson Corporation) (Suppliers Of Foxconn Technology Group) (Suppliers Of Fujitsu) (Suppliers Of Gateway Inc.) (Suppliers Of Huawei) (Suppliers Of Hewlett-Packard (HP)) (Suppliers Of International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)) (Suppliers Of Microsoft) (Suppliers Of Konka Group Co., Ltd.) (Suppliers Of Lenovo) (Suppliers Of Maxim Integrated) (Suppliers Of Motorola) (Suppliers Of NEC) (Suppliers Of Nokia) (Suppliers Of Nortel Networks Corporation) (Suppliers Of Panasonic) (Suppliers Of Philips) (Suppliers Of Ruijie Networks) (Suppliers Of Samsung) (Suppliers Of Sharp Corporation) (Suppliers Of Siemens) (Suppliers Of Sony) (Suppliers Of TCLCorporation) (Suppliers Of Toshiba) (Suppliers Of ZTE Corporation) (FSP Group) (Volex Group) (Fittec International Group Ltd.) (United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC)) (Lixun Precision Industry) (Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.) (Cheng Loong Corp.) (Bestec) (Xinmei Electronic Plastics Factory) (Xinhao Precision Parts Factory) (Yixin Plastics & Electronics) (Delta Group) (Kingboard Chemical Holdings Limited) | An investigation of 13 Shenzhen electronics factories producing components for many well-known brand names found widespread labour abuses. | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | Business & Human Rights Resource Center | Child Labor, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Unpaid Overtime | |
| 24/09/2008 | (Suppliers Of Apple) (Suppliers Of LG) (Suppliers Of Motorola) (Suppliers Of Nokia) (Suppliers Of Samsung) (Suppliers Of Sony) | Report reveals severe violations of workers’ rights in Asian (China, Philippines) mobile phone factories. | China and Philippines | SOMO | Abusive Management, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Union Repression | |
| 14/08/2013 | Samsung | Poor working conditions at factory (6.000 workers): putting employees’ health at risk; forcing them to carry out intense but repetitive activities; 10 hour daily shifts; one worker worked 27 days straight, without day off; workers to perform triple the amount of movements considered safe under ergonomic studies. Brazilian public prosecutors are suing Samsung for R$250m ($109m) in damages. | Manaus - AM, Brasil | Financial Times | Excessive Work Hours, Occupational Hazard |