Submission + - Brazil Sues Samsung Over Work Conditions (ft.com)
konohitowa writes: The Financial Times is reporting that the Brazilian government has filed a lawsuit against Samsung for working conditions that put workers' health at risk (both through repetitive motion injuries as well as excessive consecutive work days).
While Samsung has "promised to conduct a thorough review and fully co-operate with the Brazilian authorities once it receives details of the complaint", the article also points out the following:
The prosecutors’ office in the Amazon said that it started legal action against Samsung on August 9 following three government inspections at the plant, the first of which started in May 2011.
Perhaps Latin America won't be quite the easy alternate to China that manufacturing corporations had envisioned.
