UNIQLO Factory Workers Hunger Strike Protest Cited Concern

In the past two years, the global supply chain factory problems have emerged one after another. In January of this year, Hongkong NGO organization Studentsand Scholarsagainst Corporate Misbehavior (short name SACOM: Chinese Name: university student and teacher monitoring unscrupulous enterprise action) continued to condemn the sweatshops of Uniqlo UNIQLO in Chinese factories, condemning Uniqlo UNIQLO suppliers for not buying insurance for workers, and working environment extremely bad and overtime working seriously, and issued a 33 page related report.

Due to dissatisfaction due to factory removal was unreasonably dismissed, Uniqlo UNIQLO and G2000 manufacturers Shenzhen Ching Sheng clothing leather company broke out workers strike, and accompanied by hunger strike.

Qing Sheng clothing leather company is subordinate to Hong Kong capital

LeverStyleInc. group Lihua Garment Group, according to the group's website, was founded in 1956, and its subsidiaries include Lihua garments (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. and Shioda Kamo dress (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., and its customers include Alexander Wang, Armani Exchange, Banana Republic, Calvin Klein, Cerruti1881, DieselBlack, Exchange, and other famous fashion brands.

Allegedly

Because the local industry is going to be revalued and rebuilt, factories with low value will be relocated to China's inland cities.

In fact, it is understood that, due to the continuous development of the past few years,

Many factories have moved from the Pearl River Delta to China's inland areas and other backward Southeast Asian countries.

The workers of the company said that the company issued a notice of change of work place in June 9th, and then began to move the factory two or three days later. The factory workers made a request for negotiations because they dissatisfied with the problems such as the compensation and social security of labor relations, and so on. The result was that the factory forced the firing of a 52 year old Wu worker.

The company launched a strike last December when the factory failed to pay social security payments.

At present, Uniqlo UNIQLO parent FastRetailing CompanyLtd. (9983.T) express group is investigating the Shenzhen incident and is trying to confirm the cause of the strike so as to settle the matter peacefully.