Today public interest groups held a press conference in front of Samsung’s global headquarters in Seoul. The topic was the recent methanol poisoning tragedy at one of Samsung Vietnam’s suppliers. Thirty-seven workers at the Samsung supplier are being treated for methanol poisoning. Three teenage workers suffered brain damage and are now functionally blind. One woman worker died.
https://youtu.be/vKGwBQiKb3I
Public interest groups and trade unions organized by SHARPS stand in front of Samsung’s global headquarters and call on Samsung to take responsibility for the methanol poisoning tragedy at one of Samsung Vietnam’s suppliers. The large letters say, “Samsung: take responsibility for accidents and stop outsourcing risks!”
The groups issued a statement at the press conference with these three main points:
- Samsung should take responsibility for the methanol poisoning and issue an apology.
- Samsung should support victims to recover from damage, and implement measures to prevent recurrence.
- Samsung should ban the use of methanol in its factories and supply chain altogether, and stop outsourcing risks.
The groups signing onto the statement included:
반올림 SHARPS
건강한노동세상 Solidarity for Healthy Labor World
국제민주연대 Korean House for International Solidarity(KHIS)
기업과인권네트워크Korean Transnational Corporation Watch (KTNC Watch)
노동건강연대 Solidarity for Worker's Health,
민주노총법률원 부설 노동자권리연구소 Institute of Workers’ Rights
생명안전 시민넷 Life & Safety Network
울산산재추방운동연합, 일과건강 Center for Worker’s Health and Safety
전국금속노동조합 Korean Metal Workers' Union
전국민주노동조합총연맹 Korean Confederation of Trade Unions,
전국삼성전자노동조합, 충남노동건강인권센터 새움터 Chungnam Labor Right to Health Center,
한국노동안전보건연구소 Korea Institute for Labor Safety and Health
Research Centre for Gender, Family and Environment in Development (CGFED)
IPEN
The poisoning occurred during a series of reports by a Korean investigative news organization, Newstapa, about Samsung’s mismanagement and environmental violations in Vietnam based on the testimony of a former manager of Environmental Health and Safety at Samsung Vietnam who stepped forward as a whistleblower. SHARPS, CGFED and IPEN issued a press release about this issue and have been pushing media to report on the remarkable findings.
The reporting is an excellent example of how to conduct this sort of investigation. The have released 4 reports and will release a fifth one soon.
1: https://newstapa.org/article/E-rbn 17:25
2: https://newstapa.org/article/S3jfg 9:24
3: https://newstapa.org/article/HkjS0 14:57
4: https://newstapa.org/article/z5s-l 12:12
Today public interest groups held a press conference in front of Samsung’s global headquarters in Seoul. The topic was the recent methanol poisoning tragedy at one of Samsung Vietnam’s suppliers. Thirty-seven workers at the Samsung supplier are being treated for methanol poisoning. Three teenage workers suffered brain damage and are now functionally blind. One woman worker died.
https://youtu.be/vKGwBQiKb3I
Public interest groups and trade unions organized by SHARPS stand in front of Samsung’s global headquarters and call on Samsung to take responsibility for the methanol poisoning tragedy at one of Samsung Vietnam’s suppliers. The large letters say, “Samsung: take responsibility for accidents and stop outsourcing risks!”
The groups issued a statement at the press conference with these three main points:
The groups signing onto the statement included:
반올림 SHARPS
건강한노동세상 Solidarity for Healthy Labor World
국제민주연대 Korean House for International Solidarity(KHIS)
기업과인권네트워크Korean Transnational Corporation Watch (KTNC Watch)
노동건강연대 Solidarity for Worker's Health,
민주노총법률원 부설 노동자권리연구소 Institute of Workers’ Rights
생명안전 시민넷 Life & Safety Network
울산산재추방운동연합, 일과건강 Center for Worker’s Health and Safety
전국금속노동조합 Korean Metal Workers' Union
전국민주노동조합총연맹 Korean Confederation of Trade Unions,
전국삼성전자노동조합, 충남노동건강인권센터 새움터 Chungnam Labor Right to Health Center,
한국노동안전보건연구소 Korea Institute for Labor Safety and Health
Research Centre for Gender, Family and Environment in Development (CGFED)
IPEN
The poisoning occurred during a series of reports by a Korean investigative news organization, Newstapa, about Samsung’s mismanagement and environmental violations in Vietnam based on the testimony of a former manager of Environmental Health and Safety at Samsung Vietnam who stepped forward as a whistleblower. SHARPS, CGFED and IPEN issued a press release about this issue and have been pushing media to report on the remarkable findings.
The reporting is an excellent example of how to conduct this sort of investigation. The have released 4 reports and will release a fifth one soon.
1: https://newstapa.org/article/E-rbn 17:25
2: https://newstapa.org/article/S3jfg 9:24
3: https://newstapa.org/article/HkjS0 14:57
4: https://newstapa.org/article/z5s-l 12:12