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Article

25 Nov 2013

Author:
SACOM (Hong Kong)

No more bloodstained cover glass on iPhones! Biel Crystal, Stop bloody exploitation now! [China]

…SACOM conducted an investigative research towards the labour condition in Hong Kong-owned Apple supplier – Biel Crystal’s Huizhou factory and discovered numerous labour abuses and violation of Chinese Labour Law. SACOM decided to publish the investigation result and file complaint officially to the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC)…SACOM investigation…discovered the following labour rights abuses: Blank work contract…Excessive working hours…Serious work injury…Military-style management…Numerous suicides in the factory…Unpunctual wages…Exploitation on workers’ social security rights…[also refers to Huawei, HTC, Lenovo, LG, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, Seiko, TCL]