Archives: Incidents
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| Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31/08/2012 - 01/05/2012 | Tianjin Chaarmtech (Crucial) Electronic Co., Ltd. (Supplier Of Samsung) | Violations at factory (about 900 workers) producing cell phone casings and other parts: 120 hours or more mandatory overtime/month; work 28 days/month; 11 hour daily shifts; low base salary (1310 RMB - $206); workers dependent on overtime in order to make a living wage; workers must always stand while working. | Xiqing, Tianjin, China | China Labor Watch | Abusive Management, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Non-Living Wage, Unpaid Insurance | |
| 31/08/2011 - 01/07/2011 | Zhejiang Cathaya Clothing Pty Ltd. (Supplier Of American Eagle Outfitters) | 12 hour daily shifts; 6 days/week; some workers even work 15 - 16 hours a day; overtime is necessary for 300 workers to support themselves at clothing factory. | Zhejiang, China | China Labor Watch | Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage | |
| 31/08/2010 - 01/08/2010 | BYD Company Ltd. (Supplier Of Nokia) (Supplier Of Motorola) (Supplier Of Sony) | Labor conditions at Baolong electronics factory (over 20.000 workers): 2 worker suicide attempts allegedly due to work stress, 1 dead, 1 survived (in the past 2 years); 10 hour daily work shifts (12 hours overall factory stay); 270 hours each month; 144 hours monthly overtime during busy season (September-December); 14 days non-stop work in busy season; wages less than 1 USD/hour. | Baolong, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Deaths, Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage, Suicides | |
| 07/02/2011 - 01/12/2010 | MSI Computer Co., Ltd (Supplier Of Hewlett-Packard (HP)) (Supplier Of NEC) (Supplier Of Dell) | Workers at electronics factory endure: Only 1-2 days of rest each month during peak season; 12+ hours/day, 6-7-day work week; working hour wage is $0.94/hr; blatant discrimination against male workers and older workers; workers not allowed to talk and go to the bathroom during production. | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch, (2) | Abusive Management, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Non-Living Wage, Unpaid Overtime | |
| 30/09/2010 - 01/07/2010 | Champion Crown Industries, Ltd. (Supplier Of Disney) (Supplier Of Doraemon) | Use of child workers below 16 years of age; work 7 days/week during busy season (one day of rest/month); 12 hour daily work shifts (14,5 hours overall factory stay) at factory manufacturing plastic products. | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Child Labor, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Non-Living Wage, Unpaid Insurance | |
| 30/03/2008 | (Suppliers Of Adidas) | Investigation at factories of Adidas suggests poor conditions including: basic wages of £11.36 a week; management cheating on pay; discrimination; longer than 70 hours of work per week to earn a living wage; stifling attempts of setting up a union. | Fuzhoo, China | The Sunday Times | Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage, Union Repression | |
| 24/05/2011 - 01/01/2009 | Foxconn Technology Group | Foxconn systematically exploited young workers through internship programs offered by over 200 vocational schools since 2009, forcing them, for instance, to work 14-hour days in a standing position with low pay, according to report by Peking and Tsinghua Universities. | Southern China | Caixin | Child Labor, Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage | |
| 30/04/2011 | Foxconn Technology Group (Suppliers Of Apple) (Suppliers Of Hewlett-Packard (HP)) (Suppliers Of Nokia) (Suppliers Of Dell) | Routine excessive overtime, public humiliations, poor health conditions and crowded dormitories revealed in 3 Foxconn plants in report by two NGOs. | Shenzhen, Chengdu, and Chongqing, China | SOMO | Abusive Management, Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard | |
| 30/09/2010 - 01/06/2010 | Foxconn Technology Group (Supplier Of Hewlett-Packard (HP)) | Not acceptable labor conditions at 5 Foxconn factories: 10 hour standing shifts for most workers; majority works 270 hours on a monthly basis; low wages (from $0.66/hour to $1.00/hour); productions errors are treated with castigation, verbal rebuke and physical abuse. | Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Abusive Management, Beatings & Violence, Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage | |
| 27/05/2010 | Honda | 1.900 workers at factory making parts for Honda go on strike protesting over low wages and labor conditions. | Foshan, Guangdong, China | The New York Times, (2), The Guardian | Non-Living Wage |