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CLW calls on international toy brands to respect their promises to workers and the families that purchase these toys by enforcing better conditions at Merton. "Many workers in this factory are barely older than the children who buy the toys abroad," states CLW Executive Director, Li Qiang. The report found that Merton hires workers as young as 16 and cooperates with local schools to arrange for student employment.
CLW's report outlines the following illegal conditions:
-- Illegal wages: Merton operates on a 6 day/week system of 6 hours and 40
minutes per day. Saturdays in this system are mandatory and paid at
half the legal Saturday overtime wage rate, or only $0.71/hour. Workers
make only $206-$221/month with overtime, before deductions for room and
board
-- Excessive overtime: Working hours last 11.5 hours daily with overtime,
and total monthly overtime is 60 hours, in excess of the legal limit.
-- Vacation: Workers are illegally denied annual vacation for Spring
Festival.
-- Poor living conditions: Food in the canteen is poor. In the
dormitories, beds are falling apart because bugs have destroyed the
wooden boards workers sleep on, there is no hot water to shower or
electrical outlets to charge phones, and workers are prohibited from
airing out their bedding except on weekends.
CLW's report follows a decade of monitoring conditions at Merton. CLW issued its first report in 2000, when conditions were particularly poor and a number strikes erupted. In 2006, CLW conducted another follow-up investigation after a major strike involving nearly a thousand workers. The new report demonstrates that labor violations persist at the toy manufacturer in spite of major improvement. CLW urges brands to invest in remediation, and improve corporate audit systems that overlook serious labor violations.
To read the report, visit www.chinalaborwatch.org.
SOURCE China Labor Watch
http://www.chinalaborwatch.org
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