And this is the first the Muricans have heard of these allegations.... Riiiiight.
I would be in agreement with
@Calvin27 . it seems like a bargaining leverage for trade, rather than anything else.
The article mentions Maxxis, Merida, and Shimano as being into that shit as well. We could assume that the whole of the bike industry that manufactures in asia would be doing these things.
It was only after an outside investigation that Shimano supposedly reimbursed its Malaysian factory workers $3000USD each, for the agent fees. (links in the article
@beeb posted )
All the sneakers and bike shoes we wear, those would be made in southeast asian factories with cheap, expendable labor.
Nike (and others) were notorious for labour violations going way back.
en.wikipedia.org
The Foxconn factories that make the Apple iPhones... they are not exactly a workers' paradise.
Where was the care and concern from the Muricans for Foxconn employees?
At one point, Foxconn put nets around their factory buildings to try to prevent worker suicides.
en.wikipedia.org
To this day, Foxconn Chengdu enforces a large number of illegal labor practices including the excessive use of dispatch workers, mandatory overtime, workplace bullying and harassment, and recruitment discrimination.
chinalaborwatch.org
Check out this page via the Business and Human Rights Centre
www.business-humanrights.org
Labor exploitation at Foxconn China takes on multiple forms. At first, the line workers at Foxconn China seem to be full-time employees.
borgenproject.org
www.linkedin.com
