In Phetchaburi Province, Thailand, Cal-Comp Electronics—a key supplier in the global electronics industry—abruptly terminated more than 1,400 Burma migrant workers without warning. Workers were confined inside the factory, threatened with arrest, and coerced into signing termination papers. Compensation was a meager 10,000 baht (USD 308), far below what Thai labor law prescribes.

The Factory & Its Global Footprint

Cal-Comp is not a small local factory. It manufactures printers, external hard drives, and electronic components for global corporations. Past investigations revealed it had to reimburse more than 10,000 Burmese migrant workers for illegal recruitment fees, one of the largest such settlements in global supply chain history.

Brands sourcing from Cal-Comp include HP Inc., Konica Minolta, and Hitachi. Their reputations are now on the line, as this latest scandal exposes systemic worker abuse under their supply chain contracts…

This is not simply a Thai labor issue. It is a global supply chain crime. The brands profiting from Cal-Comp’s goods—printers in offices, hard drives in computers—are complicit if they do not act…

This is modern slavery in real time. Over 1,400 Burma workers—many ethnic minority villagers—were cast aside, silenced, and abandoned by those sworn to protect them. Unless brands in the global supply chain act, they too are complicit….