Reports

Nike, Adidas, Reebok and New Balance Made in China

Factory Name Dongguan YueYuen Shoes Factory (YY)(Chinese name: YueYuen Shoes Factory) Location Gaobu Town, Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China Labor force (Peak Season) 50,000 Labor force (Low Season) 40,000 Products Nike, Adidas, Reebok and New Balance Background This report covers the period from January 1999 to October 2002. All the information was gathered by China Labor Watch (CLW) through independent investigations. Pou Chen Corp(Chinese name: BaoCheng Group) has 150,000 Chinese workers in its shoe industry. The factories are located in…

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Reebok’s Human Rights Standard and Chinese Workers’ Working Conditions

Chinese Law and Workers’ Rights Being Violated This report is based on information collected by twenty China Labor Watch activists in China between June 2001 and January 2002. The activists work in six factories that manufacture Reebok products. All of them have at least two years of experience working with those factories as technicians, group supervisors or ordinary workers at different production lines. China Labor Watch has received a large number of materials from these workers, such as workers’ wage…

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Merton Company Limited

Products: McDonalds, Disney, Hasbro, Mattel, Warner, Paramount, Franklin Mint and DC ComicsFactory Location: Sang Yuan Industrial Area, DongguanNumber of Workers: 15,000Male-Female Ratio: 1:2.5Capital: Hong Kongwww.mertonco.com.hk Introduction McDonald’s and Disney are the most famous brand names in the world. The following reports are written by Li Qiang on their two-year investigation on one of the factories in which they have worked themselves. So far, no other reports can compare to this one in terms of its depth in covering factories of foreign investment in China. The…

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Dongguan Elegant Top Shoes Co., Ltd

The report streams from two sources. The first source is the interviews and investigations conducted by Li Qiang from February 1999 to February 2000 during the period of his teaching of labor laws, interviewing and networking of labor activists. The second source of is the latest materials provided by CLW activists in this factory received by request of Li Qiang’s in the United States. These real and updated materials, including a copy of eight months’ pay slips, a factory regulation brochure, and…

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Kong Tai Shoes Mfg. Co., Ltd

Profile Location: Shenzhen (Long Gang Township, Long Gang district)Contractor with ReebokEmployees: 5500-6000Sex ratio: 1 (male) to 7 (female) This is a contractor with Reebok. One pair of shoes produced is sold on average around $50. The workers are paid less than 60 cents. Introduction In peak production season workers are required to work 13.5 hours a day, seven days a week, and 30 days a month. On the most important Chinese holidays, the maximum leave allowed by the management is…

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Xin Qiao Electronics

The report below is based on Li Qiang’s experiences working at this factory in 1999 and 2000, when 400 people went on strike to protest the factory’s working conditions. Profile Location: Shengzhen (Shajing Township, Bao’an district)Employees: 3,500Sex ratio: 1 (male) to 3 (female)A subsidiary of Practical Group, Inc. (30,000) This is a contractor with the American company Farberware. Its product, Farberware can opener, is sold at $20 on average in many American stores. Workers are paid $0.30 for each of…

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Li Feng Trademark Manufacturing, Ltd.

For this report, Li Qiang interviewed three people. The interviews were conducted in January 2000. Profile Location: Shangyuan Industrial Park, DongguanEmployees: around 1500Product: Trademark labels for Nike, Reebok, and many other Chinese brands. Introduction The factory forbids workers to pass in and out at will. During hours that are not permitted by the factory, workers must show notes issued by the authorities in order to enter the factory. During busy season a worker works 13 hours a day, 7 days…

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