HR Management & Compliance

Wage And Hour: Union Sues Shanghai Firm That Delivered Gigantic Cranes

A Bay Area iron workers union has filed a lawsuit against Shanghai Zhenhua Port Machinery Co. Ltd., the firm that recently delivered four gigantic cranes to the Port of Oakland, charging that the company is violating state labor laws. The union contends that as many as two dozen Chinese workers were paid between $4 and $10 per day to unload and install the cranes. Plus, according to the union, the workers were forced to work nights and holidays and under dangerous conditions, using bamboo ladders and bamboo hats as hard hats, and working 100 feet above ground or water without safety nets.

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