The Eeyore figurine that I have chosen to research happens to be made in China. All of the other companies that supply the Enesco Company in China with the materials needed to produce the Eeyore figurine also have branches of their companies in China. So, all of the materials and my figurine came from China with that being said I will elaborate on the conditions of Chinese workers; including their working environment, their living environment, the wages they make, and the hours they put in. The Asia Pacific is the second worst part of the world to work in when it comes to working conditions. Job creation and higher living standards have long been key objectives for the Chinese government. However, millions of workers in traditional industries …show more content…
“Chinese factory workers producing objects for major brands like Mattel, Hasbro, and Disney continue to work in grueling conditions, with some driven to suicide, according to a recent report by nonprofit China Labor Watch” (Working Conditions). Many of the workers lived in factory dormitories, which are unsanitary and cramped, with eight or more workers in each small room, with a toilet that requires manually filling the basin with water to flush. “The deserted four-story block is bleak and austere. Beyond electronic security checkpoints are dank corridors with peeling paintwork, pools of fetid green water and stark dormitory rooms filled with cold steel bunk beds and metal lockers” (Life for China’s). Manufacturers in China do not provide adequate protective equipment or other safety measures for workers who used toxic chemicals, such as acetone. Chinese companies routinely shortchange their employees on wages, withhold health benefits and expose their workers to dangerous machinery and harmful chemicals, like lead, cadmium and mercury. “Chinese and U.S. workers differ in another important respect as …show more content…
There’s also widespread discrimination and the chance of arrest for speaking out. “Under China’s labor management system, independent unionism is strictly banned, and the state’s official trade union body monopolizes worker representation. That means that all of China’s 806,498,521 workers are barred from forming independent organizations to agitate for their interests” (Life and Resistance). Though the factories follow labor laws that stipulate that laborers work no more than eight hours a day, many workers chose to work overtime to achieve production targets. Without overtime pay, most would only make the base wage of about $250 a month. Most workers work for 12 hours a day. All factories usually have workers putting in over 80 overtime hours a month, with some clocking in around 140 overtime hours. Even though these figurines bring so much joy and happiness to us when we buy them, or receive them as gifts they originally brought many workers sadness because of low wages and long hours, stress to keep on schedule with production times, and working conditions that are very
In the film the factory owner, Roger Wong, is contracted by entities outside of China, from the U.S.A., to manufacture beads for the least cost possible to maximize the greatest profit. This exchange of money for goods is an example of capitalism and global distribution. Capitalism is described by Conley (2008) as “an economic system in which resources are privately owned; investments are determined by private decisions; and prices, production, and the distribution of goods are determined primarily by competition in an unfettered marketplace.” (p.372) Wong agrees to manufacture the beads for a certain amount of money. From this amount, he determines the cost involved in the production such as material, electricity and wages that detract from profit. After these considerations, a workforce is employed.
Most of the factories owners treated their employees unfairly and unequally. They made them work large amounts of hours for underpaid wages. Most of the people, even children, worked 16 hours for 25 cents a day. Their employees had to deal with unsafe machines that sometimes were extremely dangerous. If they got injured, they didn’t have any financial aid or any kind of compensation that helps them to get better.
Non-Chinese laborers often required much higher wages to support their wives and children in the United
... the problem is that most school abuse this law, and they end up forcing the children to do a lot of heavy labor. Which is against Chinese law, but the government doesn’t do a very good job of enforcing it. So these children will work 14 hours a day, live in a cardboard box, receive little food and water, just for 26 cents an hour! Unbelievable, that is less than four USD a day. This is just another of many social injustices within the hidden walls of China.
They can have the workers make their product for way less than what it is actually worth. Sweatshops also make products much faster than a regular factory. “In a Mexican sweatshop, workers have a quota of 1,000 products a day, but in order to produce this, they’d have to make one item every minute.” (Clothing). Another factor into this is the fact that America doesn’t produce enough laborers to make the products for them. Where it would take America months to find enough employees, it only takes China 15 days (Social, slide 7-8). In 2011, the US department of Labor reported that 130 typed of goods in 71 different countries were produced by forced labor, child labor, or both (Meinert, 24). This means that consumers are subconsciously endorsing forced labor. The consumers then buy the products that are made by forced laborers; however, most consumers do not realize the history of the clothing that they wear
The owners of these factories had no incentive to look out for the child’s safety or health. The workers also followed a very strict schedule. All workers had to be at the same place at the same time allotted to them. If a worker was injured, he was easily replaced. Another negative was the working conditions.
My first reason why I ask why those animatronics but why a bear, a bunny, a chicken and a fox? In the book they're is four main animatronics Freddy, Bonnie, Chica and Foxy. The three Freddy, Bonnie and Chica are on the main stage to perform their music and songs for children. Well Foxy has his own stage to tell the kids stories at Pirates Cove. There are other animatronics like Henry's and William Afton’s old animatronics like Golden Freddy and his buddy Spring Bonnie from their old restaurant Freddy’s Family Diner. Well then after a few years after Michael's death and in the book Carlton said when he was trapped in a spring lock suit of a old animatronic torso and he saw his eyes in the Golden Freddy suit. Well why I think those animatronics
Fashion, Art, or Something that Smarts; Mannequins and their Roles in Retail Mannequins are used to show off stores’ finest clothing, but have instead become a source of anxiety and body issues for many shoppers. A rising amount of people believe that mannequins used in store windows are causing more harm than sales in recent online social media. In Amy Wang’s article “Who’s behind the very thin--and increasingly troubling--store mannequin?” she follows these online curse adore to find who's to blame. She states both the pros and the cons to these alien-like forms holding store windows hostage, keeping the facts straight, yet batting them down in favor of a more realistic body image.
Accidents and problems engendered in sweatshops have caught people’s attention and more people are trying to efface them. The Real Cost of Cheap Fashion states, “After the accident, many big brands pledged to improve garment factory conditions…. trained about 2 million workers in safety procedures…. hired engineers to inspect their factories.” This claim supports that enhancing garment factory conditions can give people some time off of work, can give people better tools, to make things go faster and easier, and could also, make sure people get paid more. Also, training people in safety procedures can make sure that things like the Triangle fire never happens again. Finally, having people inspect the factories can insure that people are safe, and procedures are set in place to make sure that if anything bad happens, people know what to do. Lastly, major companies are starting to realize the dangers of cobalt mining, and therefore, they are looking into how to fix, get rid of the dangers. New York Times Upfront says, “Some tech companies promised to reexamine their cobalt suppliers. Earlier this year, Apple announced that it had stopped buying cobalt mined by hand in the DRC until could verify that the element was being collected safely” This also shows that , by limiting their products using hand mined cobalt, they are limiting the cobalt mining jobs, which limits the dangers, and health concerns. As you can see, although many people’s lives lives are put in danger, many people have started to recognize it and are taking very serious action to try and fix
Some 80 per cent of the world’s toys are manufactured in China, with just about every popular children’s toy bearing a made in China label on its underbelly. The harsh reality is that long before Christmas songs are blasting from every department store in the West, these ‘elves’ who are in fact, real, living Chinese workers, are forced to work around the clock to churn out millions of products, ready for arrival in western stores for the festive season. (NEWIT)
An example seen in, “China Blue” a 15 year old girl that works in the jeans factory is forced to work and sleep in a very dirty and an unsanitary environment. Many of the workers in this factory get sick, in a particular scene the 15 year old girl gets a very bad stomach ache, even with this she still has to work and suffer throughout the day because she is forced too. To me this poses a question; how are young girls able to endure in these kind’s of conditions? Also in “Blood Coltan” men who work in these mines in most cases were removed from their homes and forced to work, while women were forced to work as sex slaves. In a particular scene, an interviewer sets up a meeting with a man who was able to slip a hidden camera into these mines to show how works are treated. These cameras show us how people were usually beaten and used beyond their worker capabilities. Here we see how these two films covey this message of inequality, this is why we need to see and change to improve workplace safety and
In china, for example, Wal-Mart’s importing operations have significantly affected the manufacturing sector in a manner that gradually unemployment has been stimulated (Holmes 1). The trade deficit between Wal-Mart and China have led to a loss of almost one hundred and thirty- three employment opportunities, especially with Wal-Mart importations. Despite China’s efforts of trying to purchase United States’ treasury bills along with federal securities in an effort to reduce the exportation costs to America, Wal-Mart’s entry into the Chinese market has propelled china’s labor abuse along with internal violations of recognized trade norms (Fishman 1). This is caused by the retail’s growing and vast conduit that allows the distribution of subsidized and cheap Chinese exports to the doorsteps of United States’ market (Neumark, Junfu, and Stephen
are a major cause for jobs becoming outsourced. The outsourcing of jobs can greatly impact a nation, just like it did in America. The size of the U.S.work force has been reduced due to Chinese factory workers because they were the cheapest labor force and could work longer hours for a smaller pay. No wonder as I grew up I observed the items I was using, very few said, “Made in America”, because most said “Made in China”. It is now seems clear that there is an economic incentive for companies and corporations to produce toys for children, clothing, sneakers, technology in China and other foreign Asian
Having poor working conditions impacts the society in such a way that workers are depressed and do not work in peace. Apple should look for ways in which their suppliers can offer working conditions that are humane. If the current suppliers do not improve their working conditions, then Apple should consider looking for other suppliers since the working conditions of their workers should be of most priority (Apple Inc. 2016). Moreover, having good working conditions will attract more qualified personnel into the company, thus increasing the quality of their products. However, the main problem in Apple making sure that their suppliers offer better working conditions is that Apple has no legal liability in any operation that happens in China factories since their ownership is by separate manufacturers. It, therefore, gives Apple the dilemma of choosing between what is correct morally and what is correct legally. It also represents situations that are unfortunate since an action of being socially responsible is not what is best for the running of the business as using cheap labour to minimise cost has led to Apple to achieve margins that are spectacular and profits on its products (Dhaliwal 2011, 59-100). Apple should keep in mind that the aim of business is not always based on making profits since long-term goals are
Foxconn has factories in Asia, Europe, Mexico and South America why is it that only China’s Foxoconn was in highlight and not any other country? While the Chinese factories happened to be the largest factories in China, these factories are also facilitated with dormitories and other infrastructure to host the workers and provide workers to go back at end of the 12 hour shift to relax and reenergize for the next shift. A quarter of the employees live in these so called dormitories. My Case study will analyze how the various news sources revealed the global sweatshop to the world and the reactions by the companies who were using Foxconn to manufacture electronic goods. The Chinese newspaper displayed Foxconn employees having social and psychological reasons leading to suicides whereas US news showed it as human rights violation. Both of them did not acknowledge the social justice and world economy aspects and steps that were taken by the electronics giants to rectify the problems that were being faced in Wuhan, China.