2025年3月31日
Speed Up! Addressing forced labor risks in Taiwan’s car, bicycle and electronics industries
摘要
日期: 2025年3月31日
地點: 台灣
企業
Iron Force Industrial - Employer , ZF Friedrichshafen - Buyer , Vanguard - Investor , Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) - Investor , Dimensional Fund Advisors - Investor受影響的
受影響的總人數: 數字未知
移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 菲律賓 , 製造業：綜合 , 未報告性別 , Unknown migration status )議題
招聘費用回應
回應紀錄：是，由journalist & BHRC
載有回應的故事： (查看更多)
回應的外部鏈接： (查看更多)
後續行動: 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.
資訊來源: News outlet
摘要
日期: 2025年3月31日
地點: 台灣
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受影響的
受影響的總人數: 數字未知
移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 菲律賓 , 製造業：綜合 , 未報告性別 , Unknown migration status ) , 移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 越南 , 製造業：綜合 , 未報告性別 , Unknown migration status )議題
招聘費用 , 恐嚇和威脅回應
回應紀錄：是，由BHRC and journalist
載有回應的故事： (查看更多)
回應的外部鏈接： (查看更多)
後續行動: 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.
資訊來源: News outlet
摘要
日期: 2025年3月31日
地點: 台灣
企業
Topview - Employer , Motorola Solutions - Buyer受影響的
受影響的總人數: 數字未知
移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 越南 , 製造業：綜合 , 未報告性別 , Unknown migration status )議題
招聘費用 , 恐嚇和威脅回應
回應紀錄：是，由journalist
回應的外部鏈接： (查看更多)
後續行動: Motorola Solutions, who told the journalist that suppliers must prohibit recruitment fee charging.
資訊來源: News outlet
摘要
日期: 2025年3月31日
地點: 台灣
企業
Axis Technologies - Buyer , Alltronix - Buyer , Advantech - Investor , Dimensional Fund Advisors - Investor , Axiomtek - Employer受影響的
受影響的總人數: 數字未知
移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 越南 , 製造業：綜合 , 未報告性別 , Unknown migration status )議題
Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Wage Theft , 恐嚇和威脅回應
回應紀錄：是，由BHRC and journalist
載有回應的故事： (查看更多)
回應的外部鏈接： (查看更多)
後續行動: The investors did not respond to BHRC.
資訊來源: 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...