Archives: Incidents
| Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25/09/2012 | Qusheng Coal Mining | 20 workers killed and 14 injured after elevator cable snaps. A notice of suspension had previously been issued to Qusheng Coalmine. A villager around the coalmine alleges that though the coalmine did not operate during the day, it still did secretly at night. | Baiyin, Gansu, China | China Labor Watch (7th par), China Daily, Xinhuanet | Deaths, Fraud, Injuries & Diseases, Occupational Hazard | |
| 22/12/2005 | Panyu United (Supplier Of Walmart) | Workers kept at the factory 13 hours/day, seven days a week, paid 34 cents an hour making gift cards & notebooks. | Guangzhou, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Inspection Fraud, Non-Living Wage, Union Repression, Unpaid Overtime | |
| 13/09/2012 | Fang Tai Hua Wei Electronic Tech., Ltd. | 34 workers poisoned by alkane used for wiping cell-phone screens at factory. | Huangjiangzhen, Dongguan, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch (6th par), Business & Human Rights Resource Center, iFeng.com | Injuries & Diseases, Occupational Hazard | |
| 26/09/2012 | Xiao Lan Public Transportation Co. | Αround 100 bus drivers and conductors carry out strike, claiming that the company allegedly withheld payment of wages and failed to sign employment contracts with them. | Xiaolan, Zhongshan, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch (4th par), Sohu | Unpaid Wages | |
| 21/12/2005 | Tsun Tat Toy Company Ltd (Supplier Of Walmart) (Supplier Of Dollar General) | Workers forced to work 15 to 19.5 hours a day, seven days/week making plastic toys for 43 cents an hour. Repetitive work - one operation every three seconds - leaves them with blistered and bleeding hands and fingers. | Dongguan, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch, National Labor Committee | Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Injuries & Diseases, Inspection Fraud, Non-Living Wage, Union Repression, Unpaid Insurance, Unpaid Overtime | |
| 14/09/2012 | The Home Depot | Home Depot suddenly closes all seven stores in China. Employees, suppliers, and consumers in Zhengzhou not informed beforehand, resulting in significant wages and product payment arrears. | Zhengzhou, Henan, China | China Labor Watch (10th par) | Unpaid Wages | |
| 14/09/2012 | Changlian Metallic Materials Company (Shenzhen Xiangtong Dispatch Worker Company) | All workers stage protest at metallic materials factory, expressing dissatisfaction with low-wages and use of dispatch workers sent by Shenzhen Xiangtong Dispatch Worker Company in order to avoid the payment of labor insurance. | Panyu, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch (9th par) | Non-Living Wage | |
| 13/09/2012 | Tianyi Electronics (Subsidiary of China Aviation Industry Group) | Company workers carry out strike to protest against unfairly low wages. | Zunyi, Guizhou, China | China Labor Watch (6th par) | Non-Living Wage | |
| 11/09/2012 | Tianyuan Aluminum (Owned by Tianrui Group) | Company defaults on the wages of over 100 million RMB to workers after bankruptcy. Workers receive no compensation. | Tianyuan, Zhuzhou, Hunan, China | China Labor Watch (4th par) | Unpaid Wages | |
| 11/09/2012 | Hawtai | Large number of migrant workers demanding payment of wages gather in front of the office building of Beijing Huatai Automotive. | Beijing, China | China Labor Watch (2nd par), Boxun | Unpaid Wages |