Companies That Use Child Labour
- Dole bananas
- Nike
Here's the link to a GoAnimate we made abour Nike and child labour:
http://goanimate.com/videos/0FmjY-3DYnSU?utm_source=linkshare
- Forever 21
- Samsung
Furthermore, China Labour Watch has claimed that an HTNS Shenzhen Co. Factory that assembles Samsung cell phones employed at least 3 girls under the age of 16. These children were working under the same harsh conditions as adult workers, but were paid 70% of the wages when compared with the adult employees. Night shift workers are only given time to eat one meal during the 11 hour work shift.
- Toys 'R' Us
In 2000, Toys ‘R’ Us had to pay a fine of $200,000 after the U.S Department of Labour found violations among 35 stores in New England. These were found out:
- 307 violations of child labour laws at 19 stores
- 17 violations at the Festival Mall Toys 'R' Us in Hyannis
- The department's wage and hour division checked 35 Toys 'R' Us stores in New England and found 307 teens had worked stocking shelves, working cash registers and cleaning stores in excess of hours allowed by law
- Some stores only had 1 violation, while a store in Peabody had 33 and a store in Framingham had 54.
- Apple
Furthermore, Apple has recently discovered a Chinese company (article from Sydney Morning Herald, written on 27 January 2013, of which this information is from) that employed 74 children under the age of 16. Apple’s annual supplier report, which monitors nearly 400 suppliers, found that children employed at 11 factories were involved at making its products. Some had been recruited using forged identity papers.
Upon discovery, Apple reported the labour agency to local authorities and these were some of the many:
- July 2009 - A Foxconn worker fell from an apartment building after reportedly losing an iPhone prototype. 18 more workers were linked to attempted suicides in 2010 and over the next 2 years.
- 2010 - 137 workers were injured by poisonous chemical, n-hexane, used to clean iPhone screens at Suzhou facility
- May 2011 - 4 workers died and 18 injured in dust explosion at Foxconn factory that produces iPad parts in Chengdu, China
- December 2011 - 61 workers were injured in a gas explsion in Shanghai, China at Riteng Conputer Accessory Co factory that makes iPad 2 back panels
- September 2012 - A fight involving up to 2000 workers forced to Foxconn to close a plant in Shanxi province in northern China
- Hershey's Chocolate
- Victoria's Secret - (a.k.a Victoria's 'Hidden' Secret)