Archives: Incidents
Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
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03/08/2017 | (Sony) (Apple) (Blackberry) (Samsung) | Report accuses electronics companies for: holding a large voting bloc on most U.S. green standards groups; consistently opposing repair and reuse designs for their products; instead approve criteria they can easily achieve and earn green certificates. | United States | Repair.org, Motherboard.VICE | Consumer Deception, Lobbying, Negligence, Pollution | |
22/06/2016 | Dongguan Chenming Electronic Company Ltd (Supplier Of International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)) (Supplier Of ASUS) (Supplier Of Hewlett-Packard (HP)) (Supplier Of Acer) (Supplier Of Intel Corporation) (Supplier Of HTC) (Supplier Of Fujitsu) (Supplier Of Huawei) | Worker died of heart attack which came from excessive overtime, fellow worker claims; workers had to work over a month without even a day off; they may be required to work overtime all night. | Dongguan, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Deaths, Excessive Work Hours | |
31/07/2016 - 01/03/2016 | (Supplier Of Gap) (Supplier Of H&M (Hennes & Mauritz)) | Labor violations at garment factory (5,500 workers): non-living wages; monthly base wages between BDT 5,300 - BDT 14,084 (€ 61.90 - € 164.50); and work regularly over 60 hour/week; occasions of 78 hour workweeks (5 hours of daily overtime) during urgent shipments. | Ashulia, Dhaka, Bangladesh | SOMO | Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage | |
10/05/2017 - 31/12/1996 | Noble Energy | Noble Energy accused of human rights violations, including: possible pillage of Palestinian gas; enforcement of illegal naval blockade linked to protection of Noble Energy’s operations; electricity supply for illegal settlements is generated using Noble Energy’s gas; Noble Energy’s activities near a disputed maritime area exacerbate tensions between Israel and Lebanon. | Eastern Mediterranean Sea | SOMO, (2) | Arbitrary Detention, Infringement of Self-determination, Land Appropriation, Pillage, War Crimes | |
30/06/2016 - 01/02/2016 | (Supplier Of Suitsupply) | Labor violations at garment factory (1,300 workers): non-living wages; daily base wage 2,700-3,600 kyat (€2.03 - €2.71); occasions of workers toiling for less than legal minimum wage; unpaid overtime if production target isn't met; cases of child labor (16-18 years of age); workers working less than a year are not provided with social security; workers afraid to join a union. | Yangon Region, Myanmar (Burma) | SOMO | Child Labor, Non-Living Wage, Union Repression, Unpaid Insurance, Unpaid Overtime | |
31/07/2016 - 01/03/2016 | (Supplier Of C&A) (Supplier Of H&M (Hennes & Mauritz)) (Supplier Of VF Corporation) | Labor violations at 2 garment factory (1,800 workers): non-living wages; monthly base wages between BDT 5,300 - BDT 14,084 (€ 61.90 - € 164.50); and work regularly over 60 hour/week; occasions of 78 hour workweeks (5 hours of daily overtime) during urgent shipments. | Ashulia, Dhaka, Bangladesh | SOMO | Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage | |
30/04/2012 - 01/01/2012 | Jabil Circuit Inc. (Supplier Of Apple) | Labor concerns at factory (4000 workers) producing electronics: age discrimination upon hiring (16 - 38 years old); use of student labor (as low as 16); 12 hour daily shifts during peak season (March-May), 6 days/week; workers averaged 84 overtime hours per month. | Shajing Town, Shenzhen, China | China Labor Watch | Child Labor, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours | |
31/07/2016 - 01/03/2016 | (Supplier Of Kmart) (Supplier Of C&A) (Supplier Of H&M (Hennes & Mauritz)) | Non-living wages; monthly base wages between BDT 5,300 - BDT 14,084 (€ 61.90 - € 164.50); and work regularly over 60 hour/week at at 2 garment factories (4,100 workers). | Ashulia, Dhaka, Bangladesh | SOMO | Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage | |
30/06/2016 - 01/02/2016 | (Supplier Of Lonsdale) | Labor issues at garment factory (1,600 workers): non-living wages; daily base wage 3,600 kyat (€2.71); cases of child labor (16-18 years of age); some workers were younger than 15 years old when they started at the factory; workers lack health and safety training; workers afraid to join a union. | Yangon Region, Myanmar (Burma) | SOMO | Child Labor, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Union Repression | |
14/06/2012 | Foxconn Technology Group (Supplier Of Apple) | Worker jumps to his death from his apartment building. | Chengdu, Sichuan, China | China Labor Watch | Deaths, Suicides |