{"id":6651,"date":"2011-06-02T20:59:02","date_gmt":"2011-06-02T20:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chinalaborwatch.org\/?p=6651"},"modified":"2022-09-02T20:11:27","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T20:11:27","slug":"a-female-worker-relative-blames-suicide-in-mattels-supplier-factory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinalaborwatch.org\/zh\/a-female-worker-relative-blames-suicide-in-mattels-supplier-factory\/","title":{"rendered":"A female worker Relative Blames Suicide in Mattel\u2019s supplier factory"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6651\" class=\"elementor elementor-6651\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3b54a91 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3b54a91\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bf98518\" data-id=\"bf98518\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a8a4e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8a8a4e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>June 1, 2011<br \/>Mr Robert Eckert<br \/>CEO of Mattel Inc.<br \/>333 Continental Boulevard<br \/>El Segundo, CA 90245-5012<br \/>USA<br \/>Email : <a href=\"mailto:corporate.communications@mattel.com\">corporate.communications@mattel.com<\/a><\/p><p>Dear Mr Eckert,<\/p><p>It is very troubling and upsetting that I have to relay you this<br \/>story about the apparent suicide of a worker at Taiqiang manufacturing<br \/>plant in Shenzhen. The factory manufacturing plastic toys for mattel.<br \/>This tragic death again emphasizes the need for Mattel to take a more<br \/>active and serious role towards improving the working conditions of<br \/>those factories in China it continues to do business with.<\/p><p>A female factory worker at the Taiqiang manufacturing plant in<br \/>Shenzhen\u2019s Baoan district jumped to her death in an apparent suicide<br \/>after getting into an argument with her manager about taking time off<br \/>from work. Hu Nianzhen \uff08\u80e1\u5e74\u73cd\uff09 had been working on the assembly line at<br \/>Taiqiang manufacturing plant for two years. She was mother to one son<br \/>and two daughters. A lack of workers had led Nianzhen to be<br \/>reassigned to the injection department. Her family has said because<br \/>of her age, 45, she was unable to perform well in the injection<br \/>department and was often criticized and abused by her manager as a<br \/>result. Afraid to face her manager at the factory, she did not return<br \/>to work until after the weekend. The following Monday, May 16, she<br \/>requested a leave of absence from work, but was refused by her<br \/>manager. They supposedly both got into a heated argument over the<br \/>matter. Shortly afterwards, around 12:40pm, Hu Nianzhen jumped from<br \/>the sixth floor of the factory to her death. The factory only<br \/>notified her family 4 hours later. Upon arriving at the factory,<br \/>family members were not given permission to see Hu Nianzhen\u2019s body,<br \/>because of security concerns. Her family returned to the factory on<br \/>the afternoon of May 20 to lit incense and pay respects to recently<br \/>deceased, however, they were roughhoused and beaten so severely by<br \/>factory security that they were later admitted to the local hospital.<\/p><p>The tumultuous and problematic relationship between factory management<br \/>and factory workers was central in leading to the death of He Nianzhen<br \/>and, thus, requires your immediate and effective attention.<\/p><p>It is my request and hope that Mattel will take effective measures to address<br \/>this problem, as well as secure fair compensation for Hu Nianzhen\u2019s<br \/>family and continue to work in earnest to improve conditions at the<br \/>factories they do business with in family. Only through a concerted<br \/>effort to improve working conditions and safeguard the rights of<br \/>Chinese factory workers can we prevent further suicides.<\/p><p>\u674e\u5f3a<br \/>\u4e2d\u56fd\u52b3\u5de5\u89c2\u5bdf<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 1, 2011Mr Robert EckertCEO of Mattel Inc.333 Continental BoulevardEl Segundo, CA 90245-5012USAEmail : corporate.communications@mattel.com Dear Mr Eckert, It is very troubling and upsetting that I have to relay you thisstory about the apparent suicide of a worker at Taiqiang manufacturingplant in Shenzhen. 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