31 Мар 2025
Speed Up! Addressing forced labor risks in Taiwan’s car, bicycle and electronics industries
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Date Reported: 31 Мар 2025
Местонахождение: Тайвань
Компании
Iron Force Industrial - Employer , ZF Friedrichshafen - Buyer , Vanguard - Investor , Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) - Investor , Dimensional Fund Advisors - InvestorЗатронуто
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Мигранты и рабочие-иммигранты: ( Number unknown - Филиппины , Производство: Вся категория , Гендер не указан , Unknown migration status )Темы
Сборы за найм персоналаОтвет
Ответы запрошены: да, по journalist & BHRC
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Принятые меры: 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.
Вид источника: News outlet
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Date Reported: 31 Мар 2025
Местонахождение: Тайвань
Компании
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) - InvestorЗатронуто
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Мигранты и рабочие-иммигранты: ( Number unknown - Филиппины , Производство: Вся категория , Гендер не указан , Unknown migration status ) , Мигранты и рабочие-иммигранты: ( Number unknown - Вьетнам , Производство: Вся категория , Гендер не указан , Unknown migration status )Темы
Сборы за найм персонала , Запугивание и угрозыОтвет
Ответы запрошены: да, по BHRC and journalist
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Принятые меры: 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.
Вид источника: News outlet
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Date Reported: 31 Мар 2025
Местонахождение: Тайвань
Компании
Topview - Employer , Motorola Solutions - BuyerЗатронуто
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Мигранты и рабочие-иммигранты: ( Number unknown - Вьетнам , Производство: Вся категория , Гендер не указан , Unknown migration status )Темы
Сборы за найм персонала , Запугивание и угрозыОтвет
Ответы запрошены: да, по journalist
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Принятые меры: Motorola Solutions, who told the journalist that suppliers must prohibit recruitment fee charging.
Вид источника: News outlet
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Date Reported: 31 Мар 2025
Местонахождение: Тайвань
Компании
Axis Technologies - Buyer , Alltronix - Buyer , Advantech - Investor , Dimensional Fund Advisors - Investor , Axiomtek - EmployerЗатронуто
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Мигранты и рабочие-иммигранты: ( Number unknown - Вьетнам , Производство: Вся категория , Гендер не указан , Unknown migration status )Темы
Нестабильные/неподходящие условия жизни , Кража зарплаты , Запугивание и угрозыОтвет
Ответы запрошены: да, по BHRC and journalist
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Принятые меры: The investors did not respond to BHRC.
Вид источника: 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...