5100 x 3342 px | 43,2 x 28,3 cm | 17 x 11,1 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
25 janvier 2011
Informations supplémentaires:
Cheap, plastic toys, the kind found in stores, fast food restaurants, fairs, daycare centers, cereal boxes and homes across the United States, almost all come from China. The Chinese toy industry, the largest in the world, generates billions of dollars in export profits and employs millions of people in thousands of factories. These factories are an important part of the economic boom that has lifted many out of poverty in the People’s Republic , but they have a dark side, too: excessive work hours, dangerous equipment and chemicals, cramped employee dormitories, abusive managers, crooked hiring practices, and pay below even China’s minimum wage. This report, based on investigations of eleven randomly selected toy plants in Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, attempts to give a picture of some of the problems shared by the industry as a whole and to serve as a wake up call to corporations, local governments and concerned citizens. It shows that high profile exposés and newly adopted corporate “codes of conduct” have not halted the infringement of toy workers’ rights. Abusive conditions persist, threatening to undermine any gains made in workers’ standard of living and hindering the development of rule of law in China
