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Article

3 Mar 2010

Author:
Stephen Frost, CSR Asia

Are Samsung workers dying from cancer in Korea?

Sanggi Hwang’s search for the truth about his daughter’s death has convinced him that it was her job at a Samsung semiconductor factory that led to her untimely death. His fight for justice…enlisted the support of a new-formed coalition of NGOs calling on Samsung to accept responsibly…Hwang found other cases where workers in the plant had died of leukaemia and similar diseases…There are claims that a similar patterns exists in the Onyang Factory, also run by Samsung…Samsung is standing firm and calling the occupational diseases ‘just coincidence’. They deny there is a link between cancer and the workplace. There are also accusations that the company has used threats to warn off employees from taking legal action or highlighting issues publicly...[also refers to IBM]

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