Editing IKEA (section)

===Labour practices===
During the 1980s, IKEA kept its costs down by using production facilities in [[East Germany]]. A portion of the workforce at those factories consisted of [[political prisoner]]s. This fact, revealed in a report by [[Ernst & Young]] commissioned by the company, resulted from the intermingling of criminals and political dissidents in the state-owned production facilities IKEA contracted with, a practice which was generally known in West Germany. IKEA was one of a number of companies, including West German firms, which benefited from this practice. The investigation resulted from attempts by former political prisoners to obtain compensation. In November 2012, IKEA admitted being aware at the time of the possibility of use of [[unfree labour|forced labour]] and failing to exercise sufficient control to identify and avoid it. A summary of the Ernst & Young report was released on 16 November 2012.<ref name=NYT111612>{{cite news|title=Ikea Admits Forced Labor Was Used in 1980s|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/17/business/global/ikea-to-report-on-allegations-of-using-forced-labor-during-cold-war.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/17/business/global/ikea-to-report-on-allegations-of-using-forced-labor-during-cold-war.html |archive-date=3 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=17 November 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=16 November 2012|author=Nicholas Kulish|author2=Julia Werdigier}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In 2018, Ikea was accused of [[union busting]] when employees sought to organize, using such tactics as [[captive audience meeting]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/ikea-accused-of-anti-union-tactics-2018-10 |first=Áine |last=Cain |date=3 October 2018 |access-date=8 July 2022 |title=Unions are accusing IKEA of cracking down on Massachusetts workers in a series of 'captive-audience' meetings featuring fear-mongering PowerPoints |website=[[Business Insider]] |archive-date=8 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708140505/https://www.businessinsider.com/ikea-accused-of-anti-union-tactics-2018-10 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ikea-unions-idUSKCN1M721G |first=Anna |last=Ringstrom |title=Unions accuse IKEA of undermining workers' rights in three markets |work=[[Reuters]] |access-date=8 July 2022 |date=27 September 2018 |archive-date=8 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708140504/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ikea-unions-idUSKCN1M721G |url-status=live }}</ref>

IKEA was named one of the 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers in 2004 and 2005 by ''Working Mothers'' magazine.<ref>{{cite web|date=21 September 2004|title=IKEA Named to Working Mother Magazine's '100 Best Companies for Working Mothers' for Second Consecutive Year|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20040921005210/en/IKEA-Named-Working-Mother-Magazines-100-Companies|access-date=11 June 2020|website=businesswire.com|archive-date=15 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815030512/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20040921005210/en/IKEA-Named-Working-Mother-Magazines-100-Companies|url-status=live}}</ref> It ranked 80 in [[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune's]] 200 Best Companies to Work For in 2006 and in October 2008, IKEA Canada LP was named one of "[[Canada's Top 100 Employers]]" by Mediacorp Canada Inc.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eluta.ca/top-employer-ikea-canada|title=Reasons for Selection, 2009 Canada's Top 100 Employers Competition|access-date=14 January 2009|archive-date=22 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130122010834/http://www.eluta.ca/top-employer-ikea-canada|url-status=live}}</ref>