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Major tech companies accused of child labour in Congolese cobalt mines
https://www.gicj.org/topics/thematic-issues/business-human-rights/3710-major-tech-companies-accused-of-child-labour-in-congolese-cobalt-mines
On 15 December 2019, International Rights Advocates, a human rights organisation based in Washington, DC, filed a lawsuit against Google, Apple, Tesla, Microsoft, and Dell on behalf of fourteen DRC parents and children. The corporations were accused by anti-slavery economist Siddharth Kara of complicity in the deaths and severe injuries of minors employed in the cobalt mines. In addition to seeking additional compensation for unjust enrichment, careless supervision, and purposeful infliction of emotional distress, the families also sought damages for forced labor. Due to the fact that cobalt is necessary for the rechargeable lithium ion batteries that power the millions of products sold each year by Apple, Dell, Google, Microsoft, and Tesla, the lawsuit claimed that these businesses encouraged the mining company to exploit children for labor, forcing them to work in hazardous conditions that resulted in fatalities and serious injuries. In addition, the families from Congo claimed that their children were working illegally in mines operated by Glencore, a mining firm based in the United Kingdom. They went on to describe how their kids labor dangerous jobs like searching for cobalt rocks in underground tunnels using crude leads for as low as $2 a day.