Archives: Incidents
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| Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/07/2008 - 22/05/2008 | DD (Debao) Plastic Factory Co. (Supplier Of Dollar General) (Supplier Of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts) (Supplier Of Disney) | About 800 workers manufacturing various commodities toil for at least 12 hours/day, 7 days/week. Very often shifts exceed 14 hours/day going even all night and follow the work schedule on the following day. Average pay is very low (US$131-$160 per month) at times lower to local minimum wage. | Dongguan, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Child Labor, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Unpaid Overtime | |
| 26/08/2013 | (Suppliers Of Walmart) | Unregulated subcontractors using child labor (as low as 14 years of age) go rife in Walmart's supply chain. | Bangladesh | Al Jazeera | Child Labor | |
| 26/08/2013 | (Supplier Of Old Navy) (Supplier Of Gap) | Investigation in unregulated subcontracting vendors finds multiple children manufacturing clothes. Some identified aged 12 and 14. Children earned as low as $32/month. | Bangladesh | Al Jazeera | Child Labor, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard | |
| 30/09/2013 - 01/09/2013 | Samkwang Science and Technology (Supplier Of Samsung) | $84,000 of monthly unpaid overtime wages, up to 148 hours of overtime per month, intense rates of work that have workers assembling one cell phone case every four seconds, underage workers in the production line (16-18 years old), regular verbal abuse by management, forcing workers to work barefoot, fines imposed on workers, and insufficient safety training and safety measures. | Dongguan, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Abusive Management, Child Labor, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Occupational Hazard, Unpaid Overtime | |
| 31/01/2007 - 01/01/2007 | Dream International (Zhengrun Toy Factory) (Part Of South Korean De Lin Group) (Supplier Of Disney) (Supplier Of Sega) | 12-13 hours of work, strikes for low wages, and in 2005 issues of several child workers. | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch, (2) | Abusive Management, Child Labor, Excessive Work Hours, Inspection Fraud | |
| 31/12/2006 - 01/01/2006 | Yu Bao Wei Ye Group (Supplier Of Best Buy) (Supplier Of Disney) (Supplier Of Carrefour) | Normal 12 hour factory schedule for workers, sometimes with no rest days in an entire month, 2 report child workers, very low wages, physical abuse, no safety equipment. Workers say the factory is run by the criminal underworld. | Guangzhou, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch, (2) | Beatings & Violence, Child Labor, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Unpaid Insurance, Unpaid Overtime | |
| 13/08/2013 | Jiangxi Lianchuang Electronics Co., Ltd. (Supplier Of Hisense) (Supplier Of TCLCorporation) (Supplier Of Sharp Corporation) (Supplier Of HTC) | Workers report a large number of child workers at electronics manufacturing company, some as young as 12 to 14, working 11 hours per day. | Jiangxi, China | China Labor Watch | Child Labor, Excessive Work Hours | |
| 14/12/2012 | HTNS Shenzhen Co., Ltd. (Supplier Of Samsung) | 3 children as low as 14 years of age were discovered in electronics factory (1100 workers): 12 hour daily shifts; over 150 hours of monthly overtime during peak season; crude management culture. | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Abusive Management, Child Labor, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Occupational Hazard | |
| 26/10/2012 | Li Da Co., Ltd | Illegal subcontracting a labor service project to unqualified labor contractor. The contractor employed a child worker, who was under 16 years old. Later,the child was injured and was identified as having Grade 9 disabilities. | Chongqing, China | China Labor Watch (10th par) | Child Labor, Fraud | |
| 31/08/2012 - 01/06/2012 | Foxconn Technology Group | According to a private investigation and Chinese media report, Foxconn Yantai employed a small number of student interns 14 to 16 years old during the summer. | Yantai, Shandong, China | China Labor Watch | Child Labor |