Uniqe'S Sweatshops Are In Crisis.

Xungang group is facing moral charges again. The Hongkong NGO organization Students and Scholars against Corporate Misbehavior (referred to as SACOM, Chinese Name: university student and teacher monitoring unscrupulous enterprise action) has been condemning the sweatshop of the company's Uniqlo UNIQLO factory in China during the past week, condemning Uniqlo UNIQLO supplier for not buying insurance for workers, and working environment extremely bad and overtime.

In a 33 page, entitled "Investigative Report on the Working Conditions in UNIQLO" s China Suppliers ( Uniqlo In the survey report of China's supply chain work environment report, SACOM listed four sins of Uniqlo UNIQLO China supply chain, including:

　　 1. Working hours Long and basic wages are low.

According to Uniqlo UNIQLO China An ironing staff member of Luen Thai said that he worked 13-14 hours a day, ironing 600-700 pieces of T-shirt, and the piece price was only 0.29 yuan per piece. To maintain their livelihood, Uniqlo UNIQLO suppliers in China must work overtime and work overtime for 134 hours per month, which is more than 36 hours of statutory maximum overtime, and 150% of overtime pay is also lower than the statutory 200%.

　　 2, high risk and unsafe working environment.

SACOM indicates that workers' workshops are exposed to high temperatures, electricity leakage, and other hazards that pose hazards to workers' lives and health. At the same time, the workshop is also full of cotton dust, cross ground sewage and pigment barrels.

　 3, management style, severe punishment.

In a Chinese supplier of Uniqlo UNIQLO, SACOM found a fine of 41.

　　 4. No trade unions and workers' representative organizations.

Thai Holdings Ltd. Hongkong Lian Tai Holdings Limited is located in Dongguan's factory. For the investigation report, Fast Retailing Company Ltd. express group said that in addition to the long time work, no other allegations were found in the report. Meanwhile, Xun said it would continue to investigate the two suppliers and decide whether to continue cooperation within a month.

Fast fashion brands, including Uniqlo UNIQLO, have been accused of sweatshops. They have been accused of immoral accusations by the clothing industry workers in the dangerous working environment in Southeast Asian supply chain factories and the continuing major death disasters, especially the collapse of factories in Bangladesh in 2012, which engulfed more than 1200 workers.

As for Uniqlo UNIQLO, workers are very famous for their long time work. The book "The Glory and Disgrace of the Uniqlo Empire" published by Bungeishunju Ltd., a Japanese Publishing Group in March 2010, revealed the immorality of Uniqlo uniqo. Uniqlo UNIQLO has acknowledged in the group's supply chain report that the problems in China's supply chain began to increase over the past two years, including helping young people forge age and tampering with overtime records.

SACOM urges Uniqlo UNIQLO to help suppliers improve their working environment, maintain transparent supply chain, strictly abide by CSR policies, provide safety training and health checks for workers.

Artigas Clothing & Leatherware, Shenzhen Qing Sheng clothing and leather products Co., Ltd., workers strike, workers demand the factory to pay social security and provident fund arrears, but they are threatened by factory dismissal. Fast Retailing Company Ltd. Ltd. express said it is not easy to comment on the negotiation of partners' labor negotiations, but will urge the company to solve this problem as soon as possible.