The National Labor Committee is claiming that women workers at the Kiryung Electronics factory in Korea, where Sirius Satellite Radios are assembled, face sweatshop conditions and is calling for a meeting with Sirius XM Radio Inc. management.The labor watchdog group says that over 250 production line workers at the Kiryung Electronics factory "have no rights and are held under conditions of constant uncertainty and fear."
They wrote a letter to Howard Stern, who lambasted Kathie Lee Gifford over sweatshop conditions in Honduras, asking the on-air personality to confront Sirius XM management over the treatment of workers at Kiryung.
The National Labor Committee will be attempting to meet with Sirius management (they claim this will be the third attempt) and will hold a press conference at Sirius' NYC headquarters today, at 1pm ET.
Among the claims of abuse, the group says that Kiryung Electronics forces workers to operate 13 to 14-hour shifts, six or seven days a week, and earn just $145 a week. Read more at the link below...
[The National Labor Committee]
Thanks Plum!
So.. you're unhappy with your company so you fly around the world to complain to the company's customers?
I have a few suggestions:
Get a new job?
Complain to your own government.
Quit.
Riot.
Whatever.. I don't care. We have our own problems. Go home and fight your own battles. The whole world hates us and kicks us when we are down, but as soon as someone needs our help they're on the next flight to New York.
"..."have no rights and are held under conditions of constant uncertainty and fear."
Sounds like the plight of XM's employees now that Mel's in charge.
"have no rights and are held under conditions of constant uncertainty and fear."
Sounds like the current subs.
this stuff goes way back i think it started in 2005 as i recall and was only directed at the korean firm then.
I agree with Big Sterboski. Fuck the World. Nobody is helping us, so why should we help them? Maybe the Lord and Savior Obama can help them... with taxes.
Not to mention SiriusXM's radio's are sh*t quality to match the failing company.
Please...
How is this different from any other company that manufactures things in that part of the world?
they need to disclose all of the companies who have their products manufactured by Kiryung Electronics. HD radios are also manufactured there.
the other thing that bugs me about this is that the The National Labor Committee targets celebrities so they can grandstand and get a lot of attention. Howard Stern has no part in the business decision to choose a manufacturer. that decision was made long before he arrived.
why single out 1 company of several and kick them while they are hurting.
The National Labor Committee is picking the most vulnerable target and trying for a high profile attack.
I'm being abused, and I'm a listener!
Is SIRI actually making these radios? I mean, are they actually contracting directly with this "sweatshop" to produce units marketed under the SIRIUS brand?
No?
Then there's no story here. No company has any power to dictate terms of another company's activities unless the second company has given the first company that right contractually. If there's no direct relationship between these two companies, the likelihood that such a contractual right exists is fantastically small.
Why are allegations like this allowed to go on and on without being refuted by some level of management? It's rediculous. It only adds to their credibility, when there most likely are other motives involved.
"have no rights and are held under conditions of constant uncertainty and fear."
like... shareholders.
"have no rights and are held under conditions of constant uncertainty and fear."
Aren't we all?