Archives: Incidents
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| Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30/11/2012 - 01/10/2012 | Chitwing Mould Industry (Dongguan) Co., Ltd (Supplier Of Samsung) (Supplier Of Lenovo) (Supplier Of NEC) (Supplier Of Olympus) (Supplier Of Masco) (Supplier Of Valeo) | Egregious violations at factory (5.000 workers) manufacturing cell phone covers: workers consistently working over 220 hours of overtime for the past few months (six times the 36 hour overtime legal limit); minimum daily factory stay is 12 hours; 14-15 hour work days; some work for 16 hours/day; base salary (1100 RMB -$176); workers dependent on overtime to make a living-wage; 200 student workers in the summer. | Dongguan, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Child Labor, Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage, Unpaid Overtime, Unpaid Wages | |
| 11/01/2012 | Foxconn Technology Group (Supplier Of Microsoft) | Three hundred protesting staff at Foxconn factory that builds Xbox 360s threaten "mass suicide" if their demands over unpaid wages and higher pay are not met. | Wuhan, Hubei, China | China Labor Watch | Unpaid Wages | |
| 17/12/2011 | Dongguan Essential Paper Products Company (Supplier Of MeadWestvaco / MWV) | Workers orchestrate 24/7 sit-in at paper products factory, protesting unfair compensation after an abrupt ceasing of operations. | Dongguan, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Unpaid Wages | |
| 01/02/2004 | Foreway Industrial China, Ltd. (Supplier Of NBA) (Supplier Of The Collegiate Licensing Company) (Supplier Of MLB) (Supplier Of NCAA) (Supplier Of Disney) (Supplier Of NFL) (Supplier Of Walmart) (Supplier Of Hasbro) (Supplier Of NASCAR) | Workers making plastic toys on 18-20.5 hour shifts; mandatory 7 day workweeks; 30 days a month; pay below minimum wage; 16 ½ cents an hour on average; organizing a union is strictly prohibited; 20 people share one dorm room. | Dongguan, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch, National Labor Committee | Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Inspection Fraud, Non-Living Wage, Union Repression, Unpaid Insurance, Unpaid Overtime, Unpaid Wages | |
| 31/12/2000 - 01/02/1998 | Kong Tai Shoes Mfg. Co., Ltd (Supplier Of Reebok) | Very low wages, 15.5 hours work/day, 30 days/month in peak season, 13.5 hour work per day under normal conditions, use of toxic substances without protective equipment, workers trained to lie when inspected by auditors. | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Inspection Fraud, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Union Repression, Unpaid Insurance, Unpaid Wages | |
| 31/12/2000 - 01/01/1999 | Xin Qiao Electronics (Supplier Of Faberware) | 16.5 hours work a day during peak seasons for workers, all standing, 30 days/month. 15.5 hours of work under normal conditions. Extremely low wages. Heavy workload. Humiliating and abusive management. | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Abusive Management, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Non-Living Wage, Union Repression, Unpaid Insurance, Unpaid Overtime, Unpaid Wages | |
| 08/06/2015 | Shenzhen Artigas Clothing and Leatherware (Supplier Of Uniqlo) | Hundreds of workers have been demanding collective negotiation with management over unpaid compensation. | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Unpaid Wages | |
| 03/08/2015 | Kesheng Technology (Supplier Of Apple) | Workers protest after learning that the company - a major supplier of product casings to Apple - planned to move operations without giving workers reasonable compensation. | Suzhou, China | China Labor Watch | Unpaid Wages | |
| 03/08/2015 | Ever Force Toys and Electronics Company (Supplier Of Mattel) | "Company “boss” ran away, leaving workers with three months of unpaid wages and four months of unpaid insurance contributions." | Dongguan, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Unpaid Insurance, Unpaid Wages | |
| 02/02/2016 | (Suppliers Of Calvin Klein) (Suppliers Of Lardini) | Unpaid overtime or unpaid bonuses, illegal deductions from wages and forced overtime worked via various threats of sanctions. | Prostějov, Czech Republic | Clean Clothes Campaign | Non-Living Wage, Unpaid Overtime, Unpaid Wages |