Archives: Incidents
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| Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 04/12/2011 | Hailiang Memory Equipment Company (Owned by Hitachi) (Owned by Western Digital) | 1,000 workers go on strike to protest loss of seniority, low wages ($228 for new workers), withhold of worker overtime salaries and other grievances. | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Non-Living Wage, Unpaid Overtime | |
| 31/07/2002 - 01/08/2001 | Dongguan S Megga Telecommunications Ltd (Supplier Of AT&T) (Supplier Of NEC) | 12,5 - 13 hour shifts during low season. 14,5 - 15 hour shifts during high season. Seven days/week. Workers under-paid, over-worked and inhumanely treated. | Dongguan, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Union Repression, Unpaid Insurance, Unpaid Overtime | |
| 31/10/2002 - 01/01/1999 | BaoCheng Group (Supplier Of Nike) (Supplier Of Adidas) (Supplier Of Reebok) (Supplier Of Clarks) (Supplier Of New Balance) | Workers kept in factory for 12,5 hours, work intensity and low wages drive people to illness, death and suicide. Female worker turned ill in November 1999. She was denied sick leave 3 times, and was found dead in the restroom. Since 1994, 14 workers have committed suicide. | Dongguan, Guangdong, China & Taiwan | China Labor Watch | Deaths, Excessive Work Hours, Injuries & Diseases, Leave, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Suicides, Unpaid Insurance, Unpaid Overtime | |
| 22/11/2011 | Jingmo Electronics Corporation (Supplier Of International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)) (Supplier Of Apple) (Supplier Of LG) (Supplier Of Tulip Electronics) (Supplier Of Founder Group) (Owned by Jingyuan Computer Group) | 1,000 workers stage strike at factory (~3,000 employees) producing keyboards, owing to unreasonable overtime demands (17-19 hours overall factory stay), worker abuse and bullying by managers, among other grievances. | Shajing, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Abusive Management, Excessive Work Hours, Injuries & Diseases, Occupational Hazard, Unpaid Overtime | |
| 22/11/2011 | Shenzhen Top Form Underwear Co. (Supplier Of Fruit of the Loom) (Supplier Of Warnaco) (Supplier Of Komar) (Supplier Of Wacoal) (Supplier Of Etam) (Supplier Of DBApparel) (Supplier Of Hunkemöller) (Supplier Of Vanity Fair) | More than 400 workers strike at Shenzhen factory, protesting unfair piece-rate wage system and workers’ unachievable daily production quotas. Employees work approximately 300 hours/month (busy season), and earn 2.000 RMB per month ($314 USD). | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Abusive Management, Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage, Unpaid Overtime | |
| 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 | |
| 31/05/2011 - 01/04/2011 | MSI Computer Co., Ltd (Supplier Of Hewlett-Packard (HP)) (Supplier Of NEC) (Supplier Of Dell) | Very low wages. If production quota is not met workers must work unpaid additional overtime. Excessive workhours - 12hours/day. During peak season, there are only 1 to 2 days of rest each month. Talking is strictly forbidden. If managers discover mistakes, they verbally abuse workers. In certain departments, workers must stand for their entire shift. Evening shift workers show exhaustion and significant health deterioration. | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Abusive Management, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Non-Living Wage, Unpaid Overtime |