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22 Ago 2023

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By Peter Bengtsen, The Diplomat (USA)

Debt Bondage Payouts Mark Progress But Fail to Make Migrant Workers Whole in Taiwan

Excessive recruitment fees are an omnipresent burden…

…two manufacturers have reimbursed over $2.5 million in total to migrant employees…

… Bosch and Hella have imported … from Chin Poon Industrial (CPI)… It also supplies General Motors and Opel …Magna, Visteon, and Continental. Continental has also imported… from … Shinkong Synthetic Fibers Corporation (SSFC), which also supplies Niagara Bottling, which makes … water bottles … for customers such as Walmart. Until the end of 2022, DSM and Dupont also sourced from SSFC.

All of these companies – except Opel, Magna, and Visteon – told The Diplomat that they commit to zero-fee recruitment

… Following our report, several buyers addressed the problems…

… CPI had reimbursed its migrant employees a flat rate…

… None of our interviewees was reimbursed in full…

Hella…said that “recruitment fees for which there is written evidence… were reimbursed.”…

Bosch…claimed that “CPI complies with RBA standards.” … Opel…said that “Opel and Stellantis are in … alignment with the RBA standards”…

… GM told us that it “immediately engaged the suppliers…

… “SSFC’s zero-payment policy means that SSFC will pay for the fees that are charged legally…”, said SSFC.

… BlackRock, Vanguard and SSGA, and Norway’s State Pension Fund, …are top shareholders of one or both the suppliers…

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