Samsung Abuses Workers at Its China Plants, Labor Group Says
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Samsung Electronics Co. plants and suppliers in China employed underage workers, forced them to work overtime and exposed them to unsafe conditions, a New York-based labor group said as it increased scrutiny on the world’s largest seller of mobile phones and TVs.
China Labor Watch discovered “severe labor abuses” at six factories owned and operated by Suwon, South Korea-based Samsung, and two facilities of its suppliers, the group said in a report dated yesterday. The violations include forced overtime work amounting to more than 100 hours a month, unpaid work and 11 to 12 hours of standing, it said.