Archives: Incidents
| Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/02/2007 | Fujitsu (Supplier Of Hewlett-Packard (HP)) (Supplier Of Dell) (Supplier Of Sony) (Supplier Of Panasonic) (Supplier Of Hitachi) (Supplier Of Toshiba) (Supplier Of International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)) (Supplier Of Acer) | Labor violations at factory (about 4,000 employees)producing hard disk drives: wage discrimination against contract workers; discrimination over pregnant women; workers feel forced to earn overtime income to cover basic needs; 10-12 hour daily shifts, 6-7 days/week; compulsury overtime. | Navanakorn Industrial Estate, Thailand | SOMO | Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Non-Living Wage, Union Repression | |
| 01/02/2007 | Western Digital (Supplier Of Hewlett-Packard (HP)) (Supplier Of Lenovo) (Supplier Of International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)) (Supplier Of Sony) (Supplier Of Panasonic) (Supplier Of Dell) (Supplier Of Acer) | Labor violations at HDD factory (8,000 employees): wage discrimination over agency workers; discrimination over pregnant women; workers state wages are not enogh to cover living costs; 12 hour daily shifts; 7 days/week during peak season (10 months/year); compulsury overtime; industrial hygiene concerns. | Navanakorn Industrial Estate, Thailand | SOMO | Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard | |
| 01/02/2007 | Paragon (Supplier Of Mektec) (Supplier Of Seagate Technology) (Supplier Of Maxtor) (Supplier Of Western Digital) (Supplier Of Hitachi) (Supplier Of Fujitsu) (Supplier Of Acer) | Labor concerns at flip chip assembly factory (350 employees): management discourages formation of unions; 11.5 hours in total each day, 5-6 days/week (57.5-80.5 hours/week); 7 days/week during peak production (January-June); abusive management; no sufficient protective equipment. | Thailand | SOMO | Abusive Management, Excessive Work Hours, Occupational Hazard, Union Repression | |
| 01/02/2007 | Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Supplier Of Panasonic) (Supplier Of Hitachi) (Supplier Of Canon) (Supplier Of Toshiba) (Supplier Of Acer) | Labor problems at factory (3,000 workers) producing electronics: does not allow union members; discrimination over pregnant women; wages insifficient to cover living costs; work 12 hours/day 5-6 days/week (60-72 hours/week); compulsury overtime. | Thailand | SOMO | Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage, Union Repression | |
| 01/02/2007 | Innovex (Supplier Of Nokia) (Supplier Of International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)) (Supplier Of Philips) (Supplier Of Hitachi) (Supplier Of Samsung) (Supplier Of Seagate Technology) (Supplier Of Maxtor) (Supplier Of Acer) | Labor concerns at factory (3,000 employees) producing flexible circuit interconnects: wages insufficient to cover living costs; compulsury overtime during peak production; limited protective equipment; regular occuring injuries and health problems. | Lamphun Thailand | SOMO | Forced Overtime, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard | |
| 01/02/2007 | MMI Precision (Thailand) Co. Ltd (Supplier Of NEC) (Supplier Of Fujikura) (Supplier Of Fujitsu) (Supplier Of JVC) (Supplier Of Fabrinet) (Supplier Of Shindengen Electric Manufacturing) (Supplier Of Acer) | Labor violations at factory (about 700 employees) manufacturing hard disk drives: wage discrimination against agency workers; workers state that overtime is necessary to cover basic expenditures; on an incident 3 years ago management laid off all (1400 workers) union members; 12 hour daily shifts, 6-7 days/ week (72-84 hours/week); overtime is a requierement; at times no day off/month is provided; health and safety concerns; workers complain over very heavy lifting, heat rashes, sore and dry throats, skin burns. | Nawa Nakhon, Thailand | SOMO | Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Union Repression | |
| 01/02/2007 | Shenzhen Yonghong (Owned by Shenzhen Zhonghan Science & Tech Co.) (Subsidiary of FSP Group) (Supplier Of Lenovo) (Supplier Of Huawei) (Supplier Of Tsinghua Tongfang) (Supplier Of Founder Group) (Supplier Of TCLCorporation) (Supplier Of Motorola) (Supplier Of Acer) (Supplier Of Ruijie Networks) (Supplier Of Great Wall Motors) (Supplier Of Datang Telecom) (Supplier Of Dell) (Supplier Of NEC) (Supplier Of Siemens) (Supplier Of Samsung) (Supplier Of Fujitsu) (Supplier Of Evoc) | Labor violations at electronics manufacturer: over 200 children workers hired under the age of 16; required to work 1.5 hours daily without pay; normal work 13 hours/day for 30 days (390 hours/month); more than 400 hours/month during peak seasons, 60 of those without pay; no gloves, masks and proper ergonomics in workplace; hand, eye and other bodily injuries. | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | SOMO | Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Injuries & Diseases, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Unpaid Insurance, Unpaid Overtime, Unpaid Wages | |
| 01/02/2007 | LTEC Company (Supplier Of Nokia) (Supplier Of International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)) (Supplier Of Sony) (Supplier Of Fujitsu) (Supplier Of Acer) (Supplier Of Sharp Corporation) (Supplier Of Toshiba) | Labor concerns at factory (over 6,000 workers) producing electronic components: wages not enought ot cover living expenditures; work 12 hours/day (including 4 hour compulsory overtime); 6 days/week; discrimination on Hepatitis B workers. | Thailand | SOMO | Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime | |
| 01/02/2007 | CKL Electronics Co. Ltd. (Part Of APCB) (Supplier Of Apple) (Supplier Of Acer) (Supplier Of Dell) (Supplier Of Hewlett-Packard (HP)) (Supplier Of NEC) (Supplier Of Delta Electronics (Thailand) Public Company Limited) (Supplier Of Delta Group) (Supplier Of International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)) (Supplier Of Fujitsu) (Supplier Of Siemens) (Supplier Of Toshiba) (Supplier Of Sony) | Labor concerns at electronics factory (850 workers): wages not enough to cover living expenditures; compuslory overtime between January-June; work over 60 hours/week; sometimes during peak season workers do two shifts (24 hours a day in total); exposure to hazardous chamicals with insufficient safety equipment; coughing and irritated skin; at least two cases have been found of workers having poisonous chemicals in their blood; frequent factory fires with insufficient fire protection. | Thailand | SOMO | Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Injuries & Diseases, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard | |
| 01/02/2007 | Delta Electronics (Thailand) Public Company Limited (Part Of Delta Group) (Supplier Of Acer) (Supplier Of Apple) (Supplier Of Dell) (Supplier Of Fujitsu) (Supplier Of Siemens) (Supplier Of Sony) (Supplier Of NEC) (Supplier Of Hewlett-Packard (HP)) (Supplier Of Toshiba) (Supplier Of International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)) | Labor concerns at factory (about 12,000 employees) manufacturing electronic components: contract workers discriminated vis-à-vis regular workers; wages not sufficient to cover living expenditures; LCD workers solder lead and inhale the smoke; accident reported in 2001 were 6 people died after building collapse. | Thailand | SOMO | Deaths, Discrimination, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard |