Samsung Facing Labour Abuse Charges of RM327 Million in Brazil
The South Korean electronic giant has run into troubled forests!
By Sadho Ram — 14 Aug 2013, 03:19 PM — Updated almost 11 years ago
Brazil sues Samsung alleging poor working conditions. Workers say they are made to go through intense pace of work on the assembly line in its Amazon facility
Brazil has filed a lawsuit against Samsung alleging poor working conditions at a factory in the Amazon and is demanding more than US$100 million in damages.
According to a report on the website of the Tribuna Hoje newspaper, workers were given 4.8 seconds to place a television in its cardboard packaging while the assembly of a smartphone - involving dozens of workers on a production line - was clocked at 85 seconds.
yahoo.comThe government is seeking 250 million reals (RM353.5 million) in "collective moral damages." Samsung already faces some 1,200 legal complaints by workers at Manaus.
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What the Brazil's labour ministry is saying about it
The Ministry of Labour said employees at the factory worked up to 15 hours a day, including 10 hours on their feet, and sometimes for 27 days straight.
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The South Korean electronic giant "subjects its employees to the risk of illness from repetitive activity and the intense pace of work on the assembly line," the labour ministry said.
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Individual workers at the plant are given just six seconds to place a phone with its battery, charger, earphones and instruction manual in its packaging. Individual workers can repeat this process up to 6,800 times a shift.
thepeninsulaqatar.comThe audit was performed at the Manaus plant, one of the largest of Samsung's 25 factories worldwide. The facility employs 6,000 workers and supplies all of Latin America.
Samsung said they are reviewing the allegations
"We are conducting a thorough review of the complaint, and promise to fully cooperate with the Brazilian authorities," Samsung said.
"We take great care to provide a workplace environment that assures the highest industry standards of health, safety, and welfare for our employees across the world."
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