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Company/Label |
Factory in China |
Wages Per Hour |
Hours Per Week |
Conditions |
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Wal-Mart/Kathie Lee handbags |
Liang Shi Handbag Factory |
$0.13 to $0.23 |
60-70; 10-hr shifts 6-7 days a week |
No factory fire exits; dirty, cramped dorms. 10 to a room; for 70 hours a week, warehouse workers earn $3.44; no benefits; no legal work contract; workers have never heard of a Code of Conduct |
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Wal-Mart/Kathie Lee handbags |
Ya Li Handbag, Ltd. |
$0.18 to $0.28 |
60; plus overtime up to 16-hour shifts |
Forced overtime-stiff fines for refusal; overtime premium of 2 1/2 cents an hour; some workers not paid 3-4 months; 12 to a dorm room; no benefits, no work contract; never heard of a Code of Conduct |
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Wal-Mart/Kathie Lee |
Li Wen Factory |
$0.20 to $0.35 |
84; 12-hour shifts 7 days a week; mandatory 24-hour shifts during rush times |
Forced overtime, severe fines for refusal to comply; no benefits, no overtime rate; no fire exits in dormitories; no work contract; workers have never heard of a Code of Conduct |
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Wal-Mart |
Tianjin Yuhua Garment Factory |
$0.23 |
60 |
Wal-Mart is pulling out of this factory and other large publicly owned plants in the north to relocate its work to unregulated lower-wage privately owned sweatshops in the south of China |
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Ann Taylor and Preview |
Kang Yi Fashion Manufacturers |
$0.14 |
96; 7 days a week 7 a.m. to midnight |
Workers have never heard of a Code of Conduct; 6 to 10 workers in dorm rooms |
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Ralph Lauren, Ellen Tracy/Linda Allard |
Iris Fashions |
$0.20 |
72-80; 12-to-15 hour shifts; 6 days a week |
No union; workers paid a $0.06 an hour premium for overtime; paid $0.02 for each shirt collar sewn |
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Esprit Label (Esprit Group) |
You Li Fashion Factory |
$0.13 |
93; 7:30 a.m. to midnight; 7 days a week |
No overtime pay; no benefits; sometimes employees need to work 24-hour shifts; 6 to 8 people to a dorm room; dorm is dark and dirty; workers afraid; under constant surveillance; never heard of a corporate Code of Conduct |
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Liz Claiborne and Bugle Boy |
Shanghai Shirt 2d Factory |
$0.25 |
66; 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.; 6 days a week |
Employees fined if they don't work overtime; no union |
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Liz Claiborne |
Shanghai Jiang District Silk Fashions Ltd. |
$0.28 |
60-70; 11.5-hour shift; 6 days a week |
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J.C. Penney |
Zhong Mei Garment |
$0.18 |
78; 11-hour shifts; 7 days a week |
No union; no benefits; workers have never heard of J.C. Penney Corporate Code of Conduct |
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Kmart |
Shanghai No.4 Shirt Factory |
$0.28 |
70 |
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Cherokee Jeans |
Meiming Garment Factory |
$0.24 |
60-70 |
No benefits; workers have never heard of monitoring; 8 to a dorm room |
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Sears |
Tianjin Beifang Garment Factory |
$0.28 |
60 |
Sears is pulling out to relocate its production in lower-wage, unregulated sweatshops in the south |
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Structure/ The Limited |
Aoda Garment Factory |
$0.32 |
70 |
No union; 6 workers to a dorm room |
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Nike Athletic Shoes |
Wellco Factory |
$0.16 |
77-84; 11 - to -12 hour shifts; 7 days a week |
Workers fined if they refuse to work overtime; overtime rate not paid; hour shifts; most had no legal contract; humiliation, screaming, some corporal punishment; arbitrary fining of pregnant women and older (25 years old and up) women; fines if talking at work; approximately 10 children in the sewing section; most workers have never heard of Nike's Code of Conduct |
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Nike and Adidas Athletic Shoes |
Yue Yuen Factory |
$0.19 |
60-84 |
Forced overtime, no overtime premium paid; excessive noise pollution, fumes in the factory; no worker had heard of Nike or Adidas Corporate Code of Conduct |
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Adidas Garments |
Tung Tat Garment Factory |
$0.22 |
75-87.5; 12.5-hour Shifts; 6 or 7 days a week |
Employees fired if late/resting/found talking; forced morning calisthenics; 8 workers to a dorm room |
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Source: "Company Profiles/Working Conditions: Factories in China Producing Goods for Export to the U.S.,"
"Made in China: Behind the Label," Charles Kernaghan of the National Labor Committee, March 1998. Wages are in U.S. dollars.