This U.S based group claimed that child labor is more than norm than the exception throughout Samsung’s supplier factories, and student laborers happen to make up for 80% of the entire workforce. Apart from that, these workers have poor working conditions which are akin to modern day slaves, as they have to slog away for long hours on end, in addition to forced overtime. Samsung promised to improve the working conditions since those allegations surfaced, but a recent external audit showed that there was not much improvement made to its China-based factories.
Some of the more pressing issues at the moment include the failure to provide adequate safety equipment to its workers, and excessive working hours, which has long been an albatross around Samsung’s neck since the first accusation a couple of years back.