Guest guest Posted September 27, 2000 Report Share Posted September 27, 2000 McDonald's Toys Produced in Sweatshops August 31, 2000 Hong Kong - Snoopy, Winnie the Pooh and Hello Kitty toys sold with McDonald's meals in Hong Kong are made at a mainland Chinese sweatshop that illegally employs child laborers to package the toys, a newspaper reported Sunday. The children, as young as 14, work 16-hour days for about $3 - barely the cost of one McDonald's meal in Hong Kong, the Sunday Morning Post reported. The newspaper said one of its reporters mingled with some of the youngsters in a guarded factory complex in Shenzhen, just across the border from Hong Kong, where they live in spartan conditions. It said 16 workers sleep in a single room on wooden beds with no mattresses. http://www.spcnetwork.com/mii/2000/000863.htm -- Free email services provided by http://www.goodkarmacafe.com Powered by Outblaze Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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