Ecuadoran workers accuse 'monster' Japanese company of exploitation

Ecuadoran workers accuse 'monster' Japanese company of exploitation

A Japanese company engaging in monstrous exploitation of workers?

Say it ain't so!

To be fair, this is not a Japanese problem, it is a late stage capitalist problem.

British, American companies in the region have numerous cases of horrific abuse of workers.

No surprise -- whether trafficking them into Japan for slave-like working conditions or forcing them into said conditions abroad, there's a reason why Japan is renowned for its human rights violations.

Shocking stuff. Hard to read it.

These are the equivalent of modern economic war crimes against humanity. And against women and children too, which is hardly surprising when one considers their previous form.

And anywhere else in Ecuador is different?

I watch so many people running to work just to pay back Loans, Taxes, Insurances, Fees, Penalties, it's almost like the end is near then I ask myself WHY??? are so many unhappy, stressed out, no smiles, no greetings, almost like walking among Zombies and the answer is right in their in front of them, STOP for a while and start thinking about slowing down and taking care of #1 which is YOU.

I’m curious why the Ecuadorian court singled out the Japanese company. I suspect employers from other countries are treating their workers just as badly or even worse.

All the while I thought this is all Japan's fault lol

To dagon . What you say may be so, but that does not make this particular story any easier to read. And with Japan having so many domestic intern problems …

Do you have anything to say about Furukawa?

I'd say, since they specialise in industrial machinery and metal fabrication, their company would be a good stock option investment

Surely the land of omotenashi and kind acts wouldn't have companies who mistreat foreign workers.

Unbelievable.

Probably the same in the home country.

The only thing is Japanese companies don't really care for their own native workers either.

Just shut up and do the job.

Surely the land of omotenashi and kind acts wouldn't have companies who mistreat foreign workers.

Ecuadorians are not foreign workers...in Equador

Good God. Japan and Japanese companies like this need to rid themselves of these greed grabbing boards and bosses and nurture and care for its employees. Its time for them to come into modernzation and end the slavery. Once and for all.

This is not only Japan related.

Cheap labour and exploit people is done by many countries. It is just a modern slavery system.

Her mother had 7 kids and she had 7! how could they support so many! Companies usually set up working conditions according to local requirements.

It wouldn't excuse this company's actions even if they were being singled out. But why do you think other companies aren't being pointed out for the same thing? It wouldn't be something reported in Japan.

I’m curious why the Ecuadorian court singled out the Japanese company. I suspect employers from other countries are treating their workers just as badly or even worse.

It’s very hard not to keep coming back to the basic moral compass standard that most human beings inherently understand to their core. Most would never be capable of such reprehensible behavior and abuse, total disregard for fellow humans, yet for some reason these power wielding animals seem to to be a persistent stain on our collective sense of humanity.

Back to the old wisdom that power in the wrong hands is truly poison. No doubt Furukawa, ( is that his name? ) never thought the light of justice would ever find him. He was working in the shadows. Lesson for all.

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I’m curious why the Ecuadorian court singled out the Japanese company. I suspect employers from other countries are treating their workers just as badly or even worse

Whether they do or not doesn’t change what has been done by this company. The company must pay up for its heinous acts and modern slavery.

If other companies can de shown to have behaved in a similar fashion no doubt they will be brought before the courts.

I don't pretend to know all the arguments to defend the company or the workers. However, sometimes it helps to know the political, economic and social situation of Ecuador to give an opinion. If foreign companies left the country most workers won't find any job in the future. Could they be more happy or healthy than now?

It was so bad that the person in the article stayed there for 30 years! And had 7 kids...

There is no excuse. Money won't bring back time or easy their pains. But I hope the courts up the amount to all those affected considering this was a generational abuse of power in every disgusting sense. Freeze all assets and liquidate the company if they try to weezle out a lower sum.

Her mother had 7 kids and she had 7! 

That is not the company's fault, that is stupidity and lack of self control on the part of the parents.

Furukawa in Ecuador should be closed down, the workers compensated and an appropriate management team must be appointed by the Ecuadorean government to run the company and keep the employees working and earning. At some appropriate time the government should sell the company to a qualified buyer and monitor the business to ensure proper treatment of employees.

Geeter MckluskieToday  06:58 pm JST

Do you have anything to say about Furukawa?

I'd say, since they specialise in industrial machinery and metal fabrication, their company would be a good stock option investment

It is not Furukawa Machinery, it is an other Furukawa, Furukawa Takushoku Ecuador

No surprise -- whether trafficking them into Japan for slave-like working conditions or forcing them into said conditions abroad, there's a reason why Japan is renowned for its human rights violations.

Is it, though, Mr Smith goes to Japan? Human rights violations, yes, every country has them. But. Renowned? Methinks Mr Smith doth protest too much.

That is not the company's fault, that is stupidity and lack of self control on the part of the parents.

Thanks for the explication.

No doubt Furukawa, ( is that his name? ) never thought the light of justice would ever find him. He was working in the shadows

Yes. Furukawa is a surname. But. You seem to have missed the bus.

Japanese business never learns their lessons. Other Asian countries are kicking their arse.

Ex employees. That is the key. If you are having 7 babies in 10 years, you aren't getting any work done. I'd have fired her too. But there are no workers in Honduras that make $120,000 in a lifetime, let alone in a year.

In contrast, many Japanese labour don't have even self-consciousness to have been exploited no matter how unjust it's, and most they are still in misunderstanding as if silencing and enduring are virtue.

I'd never work for a Japanese private company again. Japanese executives seem to have some kind of tyrannical Napoleon complex over their grunts. Happy right where I am in corporate America, thankyouverymuch.

Is this any different than the Korean workers in the Sado gold mines or the Mitsui coal mines? Why, yes, the difference is that we are living in the 21st century, not in the dark ages of Imperial Japan. Unfortunately, workers are still being exploited in 2024.

Furukawa contested the constitutional court's decision, arguing that there were inconsistencies and asking for a downward revision of the financial compensation ordered, which it deemed impossible to comply with.

In other words, Furukawa has repatriated its profits and thus they are beyond the reach of Ecuador's constitutional court. Shame, shame, shame.

capitalism in its purest form.

when top value of it is profit and greed.

regardless country.