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Samsung suspends Chinese supplier over charges of using underage workers |
July 14, 2014
Samsung Electronics has temporarily suspended business with one of its Chinese suppliers, after a labor watchdog group accused the factory of hiring five underage workers.The South Korean company said Monday its own investigations uncovered evidence of the illegal hiring at the supplier, Dongguan Shinyang Electronics. Local Chinese authorities are also looking into the matter, it said.“If the investigations conclude that the supplier indeed hired children illegally, Samsung will permanently halt business with the supplier,” the company said in a blog post.New York-based China Labor Watch alleged last week in a report that the supplier had been hiring “child workers” to help assemble Samsung products.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2453600/samsung-suspends-chinese-supplier-over-charges-of-using-underage-workers.html#tk.rss_all
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