Archives: Incidents
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| Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30/04/2011 - 01/04/2011 | Catcher Technology (Supplier Of International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)) (Supplier Of Dell) (Supplier Of Hewlett-Packard (HP)) (Supplier Of Motorola) (Supplier Of Sony) (Supplier Of Fujitsu) | 10.5 working hours per day, 7 days/week regardless of peak or off season. Workers are being scolded, if being slow. At times physical abuse is in order. Workers complain of strong toxic odors, when manufacturing mobile phones and cameras. | Suzhou, Jiangsu, China | China Labor Watch | Abusive Management, Beatings & Violence, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Occupational Hazard | |
| 31/03/2011 - 01/03/2011 | Quanta Computer (Supplier Of Lenovo) (Supplier Of Hewlett-Packard (HP)) (Supplier Of Toshiba) (Supplier Of Dell) (Supplier Of Samsung) (Supplier Of Sony) | ~1/3 of factory's workforce is below 18 years of age, 140 hours/month overtime with one or two days of rest every month at peak seasons. | Shanghai, China | China Labor Watch | Child Labor, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Occupational Hazard | |
| 28/09/2011 | Rushan Alice Garments Company, Ltd. (Supplier Of Target) | Clothing factory among occupational safety issues, currently runs on 10 hour daily shifts, 28 days/month; 30 days/month (no days off) when receiving multiple production orders. | Weihai, Shandong, China | China Labor Watch | Child Labor, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Occupational Hazard, Unpaid Insurance, Unpaid Overtime | |
| 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 | |
| 24/09/2008 | (Suppliers Of Apple) (Suppliers Of LG) (Suppliers Of Motorola) (Suppliers Of Nokia) (Suppliers Of Samsung) (Suppliers Of Sony) | Report reveals severe violations of workers’ rights in Asian (China, Philippines) mobile phone factories. | China and Philippines | SOMO | Abusive Management, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Union Repression | |
| 23/07/2015 | Samsung | Court orders Samsung Electronics East Africa to compensate employee for sexual discrimination, racism & wrongful termination. | Kenya | Kenya Law | Discrimination | |
| 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 | |
| 22/12/2014 | Zhen Ding Technology Holdings Limited (Supplier Of Apple) (Supplier Of Amazon) | Incidents of over 100 security guards harassing and beatings at factory (15,000 workers). Workers toil for 64 to 72 hours/week; with low wages; workers are numb and exhausted. "We are just machines" - Zhen Ding Tech worker
| Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights | Abusive Management, Beatings & Violence, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Pollution, Tax Avoidance, Union Repression | |
| 17/04/2015 | (Suppliers Of Nike) | 67 Vietnamese factories, supplying Nike with footwear and clothing, allegedly pay workers 48 to 69 cents/hour. While the "average customs value of the Nike sneakers is just $5.27 per pair", Nike shoes "sell in the U.S. from $60 to $120 to well past $200" | Vietnam | Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights | Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Union Repression | |
| 10/12/2015 | Zhenyang Wanju Factory (Supplier Of Disney) (Supplier Of Mattel) (Supplier Of Hasbro) (Supplier Of MGA Entertainment) (Supplier Of Simba-Dickie-Group) (Supplier Of Ludendo) | “Both hands must be constantly moving.” 12 to 13-plus hour shifts in near freezing conditions, earning as little as $1.36 an hour. Fumes from chemicals including industrial alcohol, phenylenediamine and sodium peroxide cause nausea, dizziness and headaches. | Dongguan, Guangdong, China | Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights | Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Pollution, Unpaid Insurance, Unpaid Overtime |