Date Company Accusation City / Area / Country Source Tags Media
28/11/2012
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01/10/2012
Foshan Nanhai Mattel Diecast Company
(Supplier Of Mattel)
(Supplier Of Fisher Price)
Labor concerns at factory (3,000 workers) manufacturing plastic toys: 12 hour daily work shifts; 26 days/month; compulsury overtime work; lack of living wage; no gloves provided to workers using toxic chemical thinner; no masks provided to workers in  spraying department; management discourages unionizing.Nanhai, Foshan, Guangdong, ChinaChina Labor WatchExcessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Union Repression
01/02/2007Astec Power Phil. Inc.
(Supplier Of Sony)
(Supplier Of Hewlett-Packard (HP))
(Supplier Of Nokia)
(Supplier Of Fujitsu)
(Supplier Of International Business Machines Corporation (IBM))
(Supplier Of LG)
(Supplier Of Cirtek Electronics Corporation)
(Supplier Of Acer)
Labor concerns at factory (4,000 employees) manufacturing HDD materials: 4 hours daily overtime; 12 daily shifts, 6 days/week; 7 days/week during peak season (72-84 hours/week); compulsury overtime; wages insufficient to cover living costs; discrimination over contract workers; frequent small accidents.Cavite, PhilippinesSOMODiscrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Injuries & Diseases, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard
01/02/2007Fujitsu
(Supplier Of Acer)
Labor violations at factory (6,158 employees) manufacturing HDD parts: child labor (ages 15-18 years old); wages insufficient to cover living costs; 11 hour daily shifts, 6 days/week during slow season; 12-13 hour daily shifts, 7 days/week during busy season (66-91 hours/week); compulsury overtime; bad working conditions in terms of temperature.Canlubang, Laguna, Philippines SOMOChild Labor, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard
01/02/2007Kent Adhesive Products Co.
(Supplier Of Tsukuba Die-casting Corporation)
(Supplier Of Acer)
(Supplier Of Toshiba)
Labor violations at factory (500 workers) manufacturing coated hard disc frames: 12 hour daily shifts, 6 days/week (72 hours/week); forced overtime;  inadequate safety precautions; various reports of diseases (bronchitis, dizziness, sinusitis) stemming from chemical odour; union formation strictly prohibited by management; discrimination over contract workers; descrimination over worker sexual orientation.    Cavite PhilippinesSOMODiscrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Occupational Hazard, Union Repression
01/02/2007Tsukuba Die-casting Corporation
(Supplier Of Toshiba)
(Supplier Of Acer)
(Supplier Of Kent Adhesive Products Co.)
Labor concerns at factory (1,000 employees) supplying aluminium base for HDDs: 12 hour daily shifts, 6-7 days/week (72-84 hours/week); compulsury overtime; workers indicate their wage is not a living wage; union repression.Cavite Economic Zone, PhilippinesSOMOExcessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Union Repression
01/02/2007Western Digital
(Supplier Of Hewlett-Packard (HP))
(Supplier Of Lenovo)
(Supplier Of International Business Machines Corporation (IBM))
(Supplier Of Sony)
(Supplier Of Panasonic)
(Supplier Of Dell)
(Supplier Of Acer)
Labor violations at HDD factory (8,000 employees): wage discrimination over agency workers; discrimination over pregnant women; workers state wages are not enogh to cover living costs; 12 hour daily shifts; 7 days/week during peak season (10 months/year); compulsury overtime; industrial hygiene concerns.Navanakorn Industrial Estate, ThailandSOMODiscrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard
01/02/2007Paragon
(Supplier Of Mektec)
(Supplier Of Seagate Technology)
(Supplier Of Maxtor)
(Supplier Of Western Digital)
(Supplier Of Hitachi)
(Supplier Of Fujitsu)
(Supplier Of Acer)
Labor concerns at flip chip assembly factory (350 employees): management discourages formation of unions; 11.5 hours in total each day, 5-6 days/week (57.5-80.5 hours/week); 7 days/week during peak production (January-June); abusive management; no sufficient protective equipment.ThailandSOMOAbusive Management, Excessive Work Hours, Occupational Hazard, Union Repression
01/02/2007Innovex
(Supplier Of Nokia)
(Supplier Of International Business Machines Corporation (IBM))
(Supplier Of Philips)
(Supplier Of Hitachi)
(Supplier Of Samsung)
(Supplier Of Seagate Technology)
(Supplier Of Maxtor)
(Supplier Of Acer)
Labor concerns at factory (3,000 employees) producing flexible circuit interconnects: wages insufficient to cover living costs; compulsury overtime during peak production; limited protective equipment; regular occuring injuries and health problems.  Lamphun ThailandSOMOForced Overtime, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard
01/02/2007MMI Precision (Thailand) Co. Ltd
(Supplier Of NEC)
(Supplier Of Fujikura)
(Supplier Of Fujitsu)
(Supplier Of JVC)
(Supplier Of Fabrinet)
(Supplier Of Shindengen Electric Manufacturing)
(Supplier Of Acer)
Labor violations at factory (about 700 employees) manufacturing hard disk drives: wage discrimination against agency workers; workers state that overtime is necessary to cover basic expenditures; on an incident 3 years ago management laid off all (1400 workers) union members; 12 hour daily shifts, 6-7 days/ week (72-84 hours/week); overtime is a requierement; at times no day off/month is provided; health and safety concerns; workers complain over very heavy lifting, heat rashes, sore and dry throats, skin burns.      Nawa Nakhon, ThailandSOMODiscrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Union Repression
01/02/2007Shenzhen Yonghong
(Owned by Shenzhen Zhonghan Science & Tech Co.)
(Subsidiary of FSP Group)
(Supplier Of Lenovo)
(Supplier Of Huawei)
(Supplier Of Tsinghua Tongfang)
(Supplier Of Founder Group)
(Supplier Of TCLCorporation)
(Supplier Of Motorola)
(Supplier Of Acer)
(Supplier Of Ruijie Networks)
(Supplier Of Great Wall Motors)
(Supplier Of Datang Telecom)
(Supplier Of Dell)
(Supplier Of NEC)
(Supplier Of Siemens)
(Supplier Of Samsung)
(Supplier Of Fujitsu)
(Supplier Of Evoc)
Labor violations at electronics manufacturer: over 200 children workers hired under the age of 16; required to work 1.5 hours daily without pay; normal work 13 hours/day for 30 days (390 hours/month); more than 400 hours/month during peak seasons, 60 of those without pay; no gloves, masks and proper ergonomics in workplace; hand, eye and other bodily injuries.Shenzhen, Guangdong, ChinaSOMOExcessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Injuries & Diseases, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Unpaid Insurance, Unpaid Overtime, Unpaid Wages