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Apple’s Failed CSR Audit ：A Report on Catcher Technology Polluting the Environment and Harming the Health of Workers

Download the report  Executive Summary Catcher Technology (Suqian) Co Ltd. is a world leader in the light metal industry, specializing in notebook computers, digital cameras, and disc drives. Headquartered in Taiwan, the company has set up a number of mainland branches. Catcher manufactures products for Apple, IBM, Dell, HP, and Sony, amongst other well-known brand companies. In 2014, China Labor Watch released an investigation report at Catcher Technology, which outlined a string of rights violations including discriminatory hiring policies, lack of…

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The Dark Side of the Toy World

Download the report Press Release On August 11, 2017, China Labor Watch dispatched investigators to four toy factories in China, including Shaoguan Early Light, Dongguan Changan Mattel, Dongguan Qualidux (Guangda), Shenzhen Winson (Taiqiang). These factories primarily supply for Walmart, Disney, Mattel, Hasbro, Target, Big Lots, Costco, Bandai, Infantino, Zoli, Combi, TOMY, Hama, Lanvin, and other companies. Many of these brand companies have promised to uphold the rights of factory workers, establishing codes of conduct. Yet our findings suggest that they…

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A Year of Regression in Apple’s Supply Chain

Download the report A Year of Regression in Apple’s Supply Chain Pursuing Profits at the Cost of Working Conditions     Problems in Apple’s Supply Chain   Since 2011, China Labor Watch (CLW) has been following the working conditions in Apple’s supply chain. In 2016, CLW conducted undercover investigations and interviews in four of Apple’s largest suppliers (Foxconn, Pegatron, Compel, and Green Point). CLW’s investigators entered Foxconn, Pegatron, and Compel as regular employees, collecting over 2000 paystubs in these plants.…

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Labor Rights Violations in Walmart and Home Depot’s Supplier Factory

Download the report Cuori is located in Zhejiang, and is a factory that manufactures products for their own brand, in addition to various international brands. According to information from the factory, there are around 3000 workers, and they manufacture kitchen appliances. Over the period that students worked at Cuori, brands that had products manufactured at the factory include Hamilton Beach, ALASKA, Cusinart, Tefal, E’noca, Russell Hobbs and George Foreman. Many of these brands are sold at Walmart and Home depot.…

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An Investigation into Four Toy Sweatshops

Download the report The world of toys is a heaven for children, but may be a world of misery for toy factory workers. Workers have to be apart from their loved ones: children, parents and their better half. They put in 11 hours every day, and work 6 or 7 days a week, but earn only the minimum wage standard as stipulated by law in harmful and toxic working environments. 10 workers are squeezed into a small dormitory room, and…

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Minimum Wage Standards in China

DOWNLOAD THE REPORT Introduction The information about minimum wages is compiled by CLW volunteer Hejin Wang. The tables in this report demonstrate the most updated minimum wage standards for all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities in China. All wages are in Chinese currency. (One Chinese yuan = 0.15 US dollar in September 2016.) For detailed information, please read the report.  Heilongjiang October12, 2015   Minimum Monthly Wage After Adjustment Minimum Hourly Wage After Adjustment Regions Group 1 1480 14.2 Harbin…

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Apple is the Source of Mistreatment of Chinese Workers

Download the report Apple makes big profits but Chinese workers’ wage are on the slide This report is based on 2015 paystubs from Pegatron, collected by China Labor Watch (CLW) in the past 12 months, in addition to CLW’s investigation of the factory. Pegatron Shanghai is one of Apple’s largest supplier of the Iphone, currently employing around 60,000 workers and is currently manufacturing the IPhone 7. The investigation period is from 2015 until August 2016. Through careful examination of all…

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The Chaos in Global Supply Chain Exacerbates Terrible Working Conditions in China

Download the report On November 26th, 2015, China Labor Watch received a complaint through email, saying that a worker passed away because of a heart attack whilst working at Dongguan Chenming Electronic Company Ltd (Taiwan Stock Exchange code: 3013). The worker who wrote the email suspected that the victim had died of excessive overtime work. Sometimes, workers had to work over a month without even a day off. Furthermore, they may be required to work overtime all night. After receiving…

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The Dark World of Disney

Download the report Li Qiang’s Open Letter Disney’s fairytales are all stories of heroes who defeat the wicked, with a prince saving the princess, and good triumphing over evil. However, these are all beautiful fairytale stories, but the truth behind the manufacture of Disney’s toys is far different. The manufacturing process of Disney toys in China, is a process of oppressing Chinese workers. At the Zhen Yang Toy factory in Dongguan, Guangdong province, where Frozen products are manufactured, many thousands…

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CLW Research Casts Doubt on the Validity of Samsung’s Corporate Social Responsibility Report

Download the report In 2012, 2014 and 2015, China Labor Watch (CLW) undertook four investigations on Samsung and its suppliers in China, revealing that Samsung had violated rights by using child labor, student labor, and excessive overtime. This investigation is a continuation of this series, with the aim of ensuring that Samsung had acted on their promise to improve labor conditions. We also sought to examine the validity of their corporate social responsibility report. Through investigation we seek to compel…

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SGS and Alibaba Both Ought to be Held Responsible for the Death of a Child Laborer

Download the report 此报告暂无中文版 Recently, the Chinese media exposed an incident wherein a child laborer suddenly died on April 11th in Foshan, Guangdong. At the same time, the media has also put pressure on the Zhiya Undergarment Company for the moral and human rights questions in its employment of child labor. Upon conducting its own follow up and confirmation efforts, China Labor Watch also calls into question the veracity and social responsibility of the third party factory inspection carried out by…

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Study Casts Doubts on Apple’s Ethical Standards

Download the report Introduction In 2013, China Labor Watch (CLW) began investigating the labor conditions of workers at Pegatron Corporation factories in China making products for Apple. In February 2015, CLW published a research report based on analysis of 96 pay stubs collected from workers of Pegatron Shanghai, discovering difference between the working hours which Apple publicly promotes and the reality on the production line. This year, CLW collected 1,261 pay stubs from Pegatron Shanghai workers, 13 times as many…

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