2025年3月31日
Speed Up! Addressing forced labor risks in Taiwan’s car, bicycle and electronics industries
要約
Date Reported: 2025年3月31日
場所: 台湾
企業
Iron Force Industrial - Employer , ZF Friedrichshafen - Buyer , Vanguard - Investor , Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) - Investor , Dimensional Fund Advisors - Investor関連
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - フィリピン , 製造業: 一般 , 利性別は不明 , Unknown migration status )課題
採用費回答
見解が求められた : Yes, by journalist & BHRC
Story containing response: (Find out more)
External link to response: (Find out more)
取られた措置: ZF responded to the journalist, saying the allegations will be investigated. Vanguard, Dimensional did not respond to BHRC; and Norges Bank Investment Management did respond - it's response can be read in the story on BHRC's website.
情報源のタイプ: News outlet
要約
Date Reported: 2025年3月31日
場所: 台湾
企業
Pegatron - Parent Company , Pegavision - Employer , Asustek Computer Inc - Investor , Vanguard - Investor , BlackRock - Investor , Morgan Stanley - Investor , Dimensional Fund Advisors - Investor , Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) - Investor関連
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - フィリピン , 製造業: 一般 , 利性別は不明 , Unknown migration status ) , 移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - ベトナム , 製造業: 一般 , 利性別は不明 , Unknown migration status )課題
採用費 , 威嚇及び脅迫回答
見解が求められた : Yes, by BHRC and journalist
Story containing response: (Find out more)
External link to response: (Find out more)
取られた措置: Neither Pegatron nor Pegavision responded to the journalist; in its response to BHRC, ASUS said it has no connection to Pegatron and it became a separate entity from Pegatron in 2008. Responses were also received from BlackRock, Morgan Stanley and Norges Bank Investment Management, which can be read in full on the story on BHRC's website. Vanguard, Dimensional did not respond.
情報源のタイプ: News outlet
要約
Date Reported: 2025年3月31日
場所: 台湾
企業
Topview - Employer , Motorola Solutions - Buyer関連
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - ベトナム , 製造業: 一般 , 利性別は不明 , Unknown migration status )課題
採用費 , 威嚇及び脅迫回答
見解が求められた : Yes, by journalist
External link to response: (Find out more)
取られた措置: Motorola Solutions, who told the journalist that suppliers must prohibit recruitment fee charging.
情報源のタイプ: News outlet
要約
Date Reported: 2025年3月31日
場所: 台湾
企業
Axis Technologies - Buyer , Alltronix - Buyer , Advantech - Investor , Dimensional Fund Advisors - Investor , Axiomtek - Employer関連
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - ベトナム , 製造業: 一般 , 利性別は不明 , Unknown migration status )課題
Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Wage Theft , 威嚇及び脅迫回答
見解が求められた : Yes, by BHRC and journalist
Story containing response: (Find out more)
External link to response: (Find out more)
取られた措置: The investors did not respond to BHRC.
情報源のタイプ: News outlet
...Taiwan is one of the world’s 25 largest economies, known for its sizable electronics industry, while other manufacturing industries - including car parts and bicycles - also contribute to exports.
Majority of Taiwan's 750,000 registered migrant workers are employed in manufacturing, where risking debt bondage is the rule and not the exception, as many incur high debt to pay recruiters exorbitant fees to get jobs. For decades, Taiwanese civil society groups have campaigned against punitive migrant worker conditions, including recruitment fees, but next to no factory cases have reached the international public domain.
This report is a compilation of such factory cases. Its purpose to illustrate how migrant's conditions in Taiwan are directly connected to companies and consumers worldwide. And to illustrate that change-making is possible, even on a shoestring budget. So far, worker reimbursement ($5m) and fee exemptions ($2m) add up to estimatedly $7 million and is expected to reach $10 million in 2025...