2025년 2월 13일
The bicycle industry’s dirty secret
요약
보고된 날짜: 2025년 2월 13일
위치: 대만
기업 페이지
Merida & Centurion Germany - Employer , Specialized - Buyer영향받은
영향받은 사람의 수: 200
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 숫자를 알 수 없음 - 타이 , 제조: 일반 , 성별 정보 미제공 , Unknown migration status )토픽들
직업소개수수료 , 신분증 압류 , 위협 , 임의의 체포, 구금 또는 망명으로부터의 보호결과
응답 요청: 예, Journalist에 의해 요청됨
응답을 볼 수 있는 외부 링크: (더 알아보기)
시행된 조치: The World Bicycle Industry Alliance, which several bicycle brands including Specialized, Scott, Trek, Canyon and Giant are part of, said it is committed to reevaluate the topic of recruitment fee charging to explore clarifications or improvements needed in its code of conduct. The reporting says: "Merida’s president said in 2024 on its website that ‘Merida has yet to adopt the Responsible Business Alliance Code of Conduct [that includes practising no-fee recruitment and reimbursing employees who paid fees] and relevant human rights policies, hence [it] has not implemented the Human Rights Due Diligence.’"
출처: News outlet
요약
보고된 날짜: 2025년 2월 13일
위치: 대만
기업 페이지
Fritz Jou - Employer , Bianchi - Buyer , Canyon - Buyer , Pinarello - Buyer영향받은
영향받은 사람의 수: 500
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 숫자를 알 수 없음 - 필리핀 , 제조: 일반 , 성별 정보 미제공 , Unknown migration status )토픽들
직업소개수수료결과
응답 요청: 예, Journalist에 의해 요청됨
응답을 볼 수 있는 외부 링크: (더 알아보기)
시행된 조치: Comments from Pinarello, Canyon, & Bianchi are included in the reporting. Further, the World Bicycle Industry Alliance, which several bicycle brands including Canyon are part of, said it is committed to reevaluate the topic of recruitment fee charging to explore clarifications or improvements needed in its code of conduct.
출처: News outlet
요약
보고된 날짜: 2025년 2월 13일
위치: 대만
기업 페이지
Maxxis International - Employer , Amaury Sport Organisation - Other Value Chain Entity , Unipublic (part of Amaury Sport Organisation) - Other Value Chain Entity영향받은
영향받은 사람의 수: 728
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 728 - 베트남 , 제조: 일반 , 성별 정보 미제공 , Unknown migration status )토픽들
직업소개수수료결과
응답 요청: 예, Journalist에 의해 요청됨
응답을 볼 수 있는 외부 링크: (더 알아보기)
시행된 조치: Amaury Group refused to say if it has concerns about forced labour risks regarding sponsors or teams.
출처: News outlet
요약
보고된 날짜: 2025년 2월 13일
위치: 대만
기업 페이지
Cycleurope (part of Grimaldi Industri Group) - Buyer영향받은
영향받은 사람의 수: 숫자를 알 수 없음
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 숫자를 알 수 없음 - 위치를 알 수 없음 , 제조: 일반 , 성별 정보 미제공 , Unknown migration status )토픽들
작업 및 작업 환경결과
응답 요청: 예, Journalist에 의해 요청됨
응답을 볼 수 있는 외부 링크: (더 알아보기)
시행된 조치: The company says it does not accept workers paying for job, but did not commit to ensuring workers would have fees reimbursed.
출처: News outlet
요약
보고된 날짜: 2025년 2월 13일
위치: 대만
기업 페이지
Kenstone Metal - Employer , Cannondale Bikes - Buyer , Cervélo - Buyer영향받은
영향받은 사람의 수: 숫자를 알 수 없음
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 숫자를 알 수 없음 - 위치를 알 수 없음 , 제조: 일반 , 성별 정보 미제공 , Unknown migration status )토픽들
작업 및 작업 환경결과
응답 요청: 예, Journalist에 의해 요청됨
출처: News outlet
…for the workers who make our bikes in Taiwanese factories, conditions are often dirty, dangerous and demeaning… Bianchi, Canyon, Centurion, Giant, Merida, Pinarello, REI, Scott, Specialized and Trek … have had bikes or components made in Taiwan…
… Maxxis, has factories here too…
…Specialized and Centurion buy from Merida; Giant supplies Trek, Scott, and until recently REI; Bianchi, Canyon and Pinarello source from Fritz Jou among others; Cannondale and Cervélo from Kenstone Metal. Cycleurope – behind brands like Crescent, Kildemoes, Monark and Puch – also sources from Taiwanese firms…
...Giant will implement a no-fee recruitment policy this year…
No other Taiwanese manufacturers replied to our requests for comment…
…Merida is a majority owner of … Centurion … and minority owner of … Specialized…
…Specialized and Trek were silent for months…Scott…told us that ‘…we are pleased to confirm that Giant has taken an important step…
…Pinarello stated, ‘…we were not aware of this alleged practice, so we started to look into this after you wrote to us.’…Canyon…stated that future recruits … will not have to pay such fees. Bianchi, Canyon, Pinarello and Cycleurope all explicitly said that they do not tolerate workers paying for jobs …
… Chunghwa Post holds Giant shares…
…Continental is a main sponsor of the Tour de France and Giro d’Italia…The Tour and the Vuelta are organised by French media conglomerate Amaury Group …The group…refused to say if it has concerns about forced labour …
[all named companies were approached for comment by the journalist]