Archives: Incidents
Filter tag: Child Labor(clear filter)
| Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30/11/2006 - 01/11/2006 | (Suppliers Of Acer) (Suppliers Of Founder Group) (Suppliers Of Apple) (Suppliers Of ASRock) (Suppliers Of ASUS) (Suppliers Of BYD Company Ltd.) (Suppliers Of Canon) (Suppliers Of Compaq) (Suppliers Of Datang Telecom) (Suppliers Of Elecom) (Suppliers Of Dell) (Suppliers Of Seiko Epson Corporation) (Suppliers Of Foxconn Technology Group) (Suppliers Of Fujitsu) (Suppliers Of Gateway Inc.) (Suppliers Of Huawei) (Suppliers Of Hewlett-Packard (HP)) (Suppliers Of International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)) (Suppliers Of Microsoft) (Suppliers Of Konka Group Co., Ltd.) (Suppliers Of Lenovo) (Suppliers Of Maxim Integrated) (Suppliers Of Motorola) (Suppliers Of NEC) (Suppliers Of Nokia) (Suppliers Of Nortel Networks Corporation) (Suppliers Of Panasonic) (Suppliers Of Philips) (Suppliers Of Ruijie Networks) (Suppliers Of Samsung) (Suppliers Of Sharp Corporation) (Suppliers Of Siemens) (Suppliers Of Sony) (Suppliers Of TCLCorporation) (Suppliers Of Toshiba) (Suppliers Of ZTE Corporation) (FSP Group) (Volex Group) (Fittec International Group Ltd.) (United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC)) (Lixun Precision Industry) (Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.) (Cheng Loong Corp.) (Bestec) (Xinmei Electronic Plastics Factory) (Xinhao Precision Parts Factory) (Yixin Plastics & Electronics) (Delta Group) (Kingboard Chemical Holdings Limited) | An investigation of 13 Shenzhen electronics factories producing components for many well-known brand names found widespread labour abuses. | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | Business & Human Rights Resource Center | Child Labor, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Unpaid Overtime | |
| 13/06/2008 | (Samsung) (Nokia) (Motorola) (LG) (Sony) | Study shows mobile phone companies use cobalt from DR Congo, running the risk of supporting illegal export and unfair mining practices, which often involves severe human rights abuses. | DR Congo | DanWatch | Child Labor, Forced Labor, Negligence, Occupational Hazard | |
| 21/05/2013 | Dongguan Jinchuan Electronic Company, Ltd. (Supplier Of ASUS) (Owned by 3CEMS) | 14-year-old worker (Liu Fuzong) at factory producing motherboards found dead by his co-workers on his dorm bed. | Dongguan, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Child Labor, Deaths | |
| 25/04/2013 | Samsung | Samsung admits using tin sourced from Bangka Island, where unregulated tin mining depends on child labour, wrecks the environment and kills an estimated 150 miners every year. | Bangka Island, Indonesia | The Guardian | Child Labor, Deaths, Occupational Hazard, Pollution | |
| 27/08/2000 | (Supplier Of McDonald's) | "A contracted toy company producing for McDonald’s employed 400 child workers, who were required to work 16 hours per day and paid 1.5 yuan per hour. The youngest worker was only 14 years old." | China | China Labor Watch | Child Labor, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Inspection Fraud, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Union Repression, Unpaid Insurance | |
| 18/12/2014 | (Suppliers Of Apple) | Adult and children workers digging “tin ore out by hand in extremely dangerous conditions”. “Miners can be buried alive when the walls of sand or mud collapse” | Bangka, Indonesia | BBC | Child Labor, Occupational Hazard | |
| 27/07/2015 | (Suppliers Of Songkla Canning Public Company Limited) (Suppliers Of Thai Union Group) (Suppliers Of Iams) (Suppliers Of Meow Mix) (Suppliers Of Fancy Feast) | Slave Labor in Indonesian fishing boats linked to pet consumer products - "those who fled recounted horrific violence: the sick cast overboard, the defiant beheaded, the insubordinate sealed for days below deck in a dark, fetid fishing hold." | Songkhla Thailand | The New York Times | Beatings & Violence, Child Labor, Deaths, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Labor, Human Trafficking, Injuries & Diseases, Killings | |
| 26/01/2013 | Smart Fashion (Supplier Of Bershka) (Supplier Of lefties,) (Supplier Of Inditex) (Supplier Of SOL'S) (Supplier Of Scott & Fox) | 7 women killed in factory fire, including 3 children. | Dhaka, Bangladesh | Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights | Child Labor, Deaths, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Injuries & Diseases, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard | |
| 22/05/2013 | Monde Apparels (Supplier Of Wrangler) (Supplier Of Walmart) (Supplier Of Asics) | Child labor - workers as young as 12 years old, abusive management, unpaid wages and fire hazards in clothing factory. | Bangladesh | CBS News | Abusive Management, Child Labor, Inspection Fraud, Occupational Hazard, Unpaid Wages | |
| 04/09/2014 | Catcher Technology (Supplier Of Apple) (Supplier Of Lenovo) (Supplier Of HTC) (Supplier Of Motorola) (Supplier Of Dell) (Supplier Of Sony) (Supplier Of Hewlett-Packard (HP)) | Two investigations throughout 2013-2014 find labor violations at factory (20,000 workers) including: excessive overtime nearly 100 hours/month, hazardous waste poured into a nearby river, unsafe working environment. Catcher workers have "suffered skin and eye irritation, and are at risk for more serious health problems" making tablet computers, smartphones and laptops. | Suqian, China | China Labor Watch | Abusive Management, Child Labor, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Inspection Fraud, Occupational Hazard, Pollution, Union Repression, Unpaid Insurance, Unpaid Overtime |