Gap, Mattel, Speedo, Wal-Mart Products Linked to Child P1

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Charles Kernaghan executive director of the National Labor Committee, discusses recent scandals linking children's products to sweatshop labor. National Labor Committee recently found forced labor of up to 90 hours a week and pay as low as 46 cents an hour in Chinese factories linked to Mateel. The clothing company the Gap has announced its cut ties with a subcontractor found to be holding children in slave-like conditions in India to make clothing sold by Gap Kids. The London Observer revealed Sunday that children as young as ten years old have been subjected to work long hours without pay and regular threats and beatings. Gap began auditing its labor conditions in 2004, years after reports of abusive conditions at its factories first emerged. The Gap expose is only the latest scandal linking children's products to sweatshop labor. Earlier this year the toy giant Mattel recalled some 21 million China-made toys found to contain lead paint easily swallowed by children. Last week the National Labor Committee in Support of Human and Worker Rights released three reports documenting the conditions for workers making those toys. The reports found forced labor of up to 90 hours a week and pay as low as 46 cents an hour. Aside from Mattel, other companies using the factories include Wal-Mart, McDonalds and the swimwear manufacturer Speedo. Charles Kernaghan is the executive director of the National Labor Committee, widely considered this country's leading voice in exposing the foreign labor abuses of major U.S. corporations. He joins me in the firehouse studio. * Charles Kernaghan, Executive Director of the National Labor Committee.

Channel: News & Politics
Uploaded: October 30, 2007 at 8:12 am
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kbb28 (Friday 17th of October 2008 01:08:11 AM)
fuck walmart and all these fucking pigs, i hope someone subjects them to the treatment they impliment in their sweatshops.
airforcemax (Monday 25th of August 2008 12:32:17 AM)
Google: Sam's Club 6625+FBI regarding the corrupt Walmart and how the FBI protects them.
schnangos (Wednesday 20th of February 2008 01:48:06 AM)
this is so disgusting, corporations shouldn't get away with this. Its criminal. More people should be made aware of this. Read "no logo" by naomi klein. Its all about things like this and also mcdonalds, disney, nike, gap etc.
b24g67c8 (Friday 1st of February 2008 07:45:31 PM)
i saw a documentary on this on tv a couple of months ago. i agree so strongly and the publicity of this problem is so low. thanks a lot for posting this, i can show people i know and they will actually believe me now.
mcc11505 (Wednesday 16th of January 2008 01:40:17 PM)
Thank you posting this!
icore64 (Sunday 30th of December 2007 09:37:53 PM)
nobody cares. this low IQ population (USA) care only shopping and eating.
hastobe24 (Thursday 1st of November 2007 09:25:59 PM)
AMAZING that only 44 views. So sad. Would be wonderful if more people were aware of this problem.