Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
Location
Wisconsin
Founded
1924-02-13
Website
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2024-11-03 (business-humanrights.org)
USA: Milwaukee Tool sued for the alleged use of forced labour in a Chinese prison factory - Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
Article USA: Milwaukee Tool sued for the alleged use of forced labour in a Chinese prison factory
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2024-08-08 (toolguyd.com)
Milwaukee Tool & Forced Prison Labor Allegations – Everything We Know
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2024-07-05 (impacton.net)
Supply chain human rights issues hit the consumer goods industry... Global law firm warns of legal risks
Controversy is rising as global consumer goods brands are one after another implicated in labor exploitation and forced labor issues. Recently, large brands such as Milwaukee Tool, Dior, Armani, and Skechers have been investigated on these charges, and the resulting legal risks and results of the investigation are attracting attention. Consumer goods suspected of forced labor and labor exploitation
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2024-06-27 (wsj.com)
Milwaukee Tool Sued Over Alleged Chinese Forced Labor in Supply Chain
A former prisoner says he was forced to make work gloves bearing the logo of the tool company.
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2024-06-21 (supplychainbrain.com)
Milwaukee Tool Questioned Over Forced Labor Allegations
An investigative report alleges that Milwaukee Tool has been sourcing work gloves from political prisoners at the Chishan Prison in China.
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2023-07-11 (reuters.com)
US lawmakers question Techtronic's Milwaukee Tool on alleged links to forced labor
A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers asked the Milwaukee Tool unit of Hong Kong-based Techtronic Industries to examine whether its products had links to forced labor, citing a recent media report that some were made by Chinese prisoners.
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2021-06-11 (epochtimes.com.ua)
Milwaukee Tool Sued Over Alleged Chinese Forced Labor
Milwaukee Tool is facing a lawsuit from a former Chinese prisoner who claims he was forced to make work gloves for a power tools supplier after he was jailed for his views.
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(urbanmilwaukee.com)
Concerns About Forced Labor in China Delaying Wisconsin Solar Projects
Customs reviews needed for foreign-made panels that sit in Chicago-area warehouse.
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(devdiscourse.com)
US lawmakers question Techtronic's Milwaukee Tool on alleged links to forced labor | Law-Order
In a letter sent Tuesday and signed by Republican Representative Chris Smith and Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley, the lawmakers questioned Milwaukee Tool's oversight of its supply chain and whether it had independently investigated the claims, according to a copy of the letter seen by Reuters.
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