Disney (Walt) Co.

ILO violation 1,87,98 : The Chinese NGO SACOM (Students and Scholars against corporate misbehaviour) denounces the working conditions of the employees of Disney's subcontractors in China :"We often work 350 hours per month, in high season up to 400 hours" explains Cui, 31 years-old, employed by Haowei Toys in Shenzhen, one of Disney's subcontractors in China. "overtime work is not paid, or then in a completely insufficient way.": China

ILO violation 1 : On 22 July workers from the Merton Company Ltd. (a/k/a Hengli Factory) which employs some 10,000 workers in Dongguan, Guangdong Province and which reportedly supplies toys to Disney, McDonalds, Mattel and Hasbro, protested against low wages and poor living conditions. In the evening, factory security and police sent in riot control vehicles and personnel to control the riot but the following day the conflict intensified and some one thousand workers joined the affray with scores injured. Scores of workers were then detained but later believed to be released.: China

ILO violation 1,131 : Employees at a factory in southern China which produces toys for Disney and other firms typically work 11 hours a day, six days a week, and rack up to 70 hours of overtime a month. This violates China's labor law, which stipulates workers shall not work for more than 40 hours a week and 35 hours of overtime a month, it said. The factory deducts salary if workers refuse to work overtime and does not pay workers for taking national holidays, vacation or sick leave, according to the group. Overtime is not paid 1.5 times the regular rate as required by the law, it said. There is no base salary for workers, who are paid at piece rate. Salaries range between 600 and 800 yuan (75 and 100 usd) a month. More than 1,000 workers rioted over poor working conditions on July 2006. It took more than 100 factory policemen, riot squads and security guards to control the situation. Many people were injured and dozens of workers were arrested, according to China Labor Watch.: China

ILO violation 1,26 : Employees of subcontractor Danu Vina Corporation earn less than $2 a day making stuffed animals that will be sold in the U.S. by Hallmark, Disney, and Starbucks.: Vietnam

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minimum wage/day: 1.2 US$; ILO violation 1 : 13-17 hrs/days, 7 days/week for months in peak season.: China

ILO violation 87, 98 : There were no unions in any of the factories investigated, and most workers interviewed were not aware of what a union is.: China

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Legal protection: no medical insurance, Sheng Li: China

minimum wage/day: 2.9 US$; ILO violation 29, 105 : Forced overtime, Midway Daily Products Ltd: China