Friday, October 7, 2016

Samsung's Secret

Samsung has a secret... and so do I.

Samsung has a reputation for modern technology, but also a history of medieval conditions for the estimated 1,500,000 workers entrenched in a vast and shadowy web of subcontractors and subsidiaries that runs deep throughout the region. What's more, the Asia Monitor Resource Centre (AMRC) reports that Samsung's "no-union" policy affects the entire Asian electronics industry, "because Samsung Electronics intervenes actively to prevent the formation of unions at its suppliers."

A leaked PowerPoint presentation -- intended for the eyes of corporate bosses only -- decrees specific "countermeasures" to be used to "dominate employees." And the language is shocking. The leaked material instructs managers to: "isolate employees," "punish leaders," and "induce internal conflicts." And that's just corporate policy. AMRC reports instances of grave abuse, where Samsung "tapped workers’ phones, followed them, and approached their families with threats."

Tell Samsung this must stop now: act.samsungexposed.org