The complaint states that the children, some as young as 6,"are not merely being forced to work full-time, extremely dangerous mining jobs at the expense of their educations and futures; they are being regularly maimed and killed by tunnel collapses and other known hazards common to cobalt mining."
An undated photo shows a young miner digging for cobalt inside the CDM Kasulo mine in Kolwezi, D.R.C. The families are seeking compensation for the alleged forced labor, unjust enrichment, negligent supervision and intentional infliction of emotional distress. A research team is continuing to investigate other tech and car companies and expects to add additional firms to the lawsuit.who is a professor at Emory University School of Law in Atlanta, Georgia.
PHOTO: A Unidentified boys go to work on Dec. 13, 2005 in Ruashi mine about 20 kilometers outside Lubumbashi, Congo, D.R.C.When asked for comment Wednesday, a Google spokesperson told ABC News in a statement that"child labor and endangerment is unacceptable and our Supplier Code of Conduct strictly prohibits this activity."
A Dell spokesperson told ABC News that the company is"currently investigating these allegations, and have informed the Responsible Minerals Initiative."
flow45351894 Who exactly is doing the forcing? the companies, the government? Or both?
We all contribute to this cruelty because we buy these products. We know somewhere along the line they’re made/produced by someone being abused but we overlook it. The world is a cruel place and so many of us(myself included)turn a blind eye to it for our own enjoyment.
'This astounding cruelty and greed needs to stop': Apple, Google, Microsoft, Dell, Tesla named in lawsuit over deaths of Congolese child miners.
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Children as young as six are among those risking their lives amid toxic dust to mine cobalt for the world’s big electronics firms..
Cry Africa cry,
Child labor in that country won’t stop unless the people of the country themselves stop it.
Colbalt is also radioactive and is used in Nuclear Missiles. I guess ABC forgot that important part.
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Yet people will read this and instantly run out and buy the next brand new iPhone. Consumerism is killing the world