During the busy holiday season, you’re bombarded by a wave of sales from supply chains all over the country. But how do they maintain their dirt-cheap Black Friday prices? Some of the most well-known chains in the nation have some disappointing answers.
L.L.Bean- In 2006, the National Labor Committee released a report outlining the working conditions at one of their factories in Jordan. The report included descriptions of
human trafficking of workers, confiscation of passports, 118-hour workweeks, wages below the legal minimum wage, no sick days, and unsanitary working conditions.
Disney- In October 2007, Disney was busted for the NINTH time by Students and Scholars Against Corpor
ate Misbehaviour (SACOM) because of the conditions of their foreign sweatshops: unpaid wages, illegal working hours, and unsafe working conditions. The infamous statistic? If Disney cut 1% of its advertising budget, it would be able to feed and clothe every member of its Haitian factory work force and their families for an entire year. Hourly, the company head earns 212 times what one of Disney's maunfacutring workers make.
Macy’s- In July of 2008, the State Labor Department found a sweatshop in Queens, New York forcing workers to endure 11-hour workdays at $3.79 an hour, far below the $7.15-an-hour minimum wage. This particular garment sweatshop was producing clothing for Macy’s, Banana Republic, and Victoria’s Secret.
Source: http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/23/a-queens-sweatshop-found-to-owe-workers-53-million/
L.L.Bean- In 2006, the National Labor Committee released a report outlining the working conditions at one of their factories in Jordan. The report included descriptions of
human trafficking of workers, confiscation of passports, 118-hour workweeks, wages below the legal minimum wage, no sick days, and unsanitary working conditions.Disney- In October 2007, Disney was busted for the NINTH time by Students and Scholars Against Corpor
ate Misbehaviour (SACOM) because of the conditions of their foreign sweatshops: unpaid wages, illegal working hours, and unsafe working conditions. The infamous statistic? If Disney cut 1% of its advertising budget, it would be able to feed and clothe every member of its Haitian factory work force and their families for an entire year. Hourly, the company head earns 212 times what one of Disney's maunfacutring workers make.Macy’s- In July of 2008, the State Labor Department found a sweatshop in Queens, New York forcing workers to endure 11-hour workdays at $3.79 an hour, far below the $7.15-an-hour minimum wage. This particular garment sweatshop was producing clothing for Macy’s, Banana Republic, and Victoria’s Secret.
Source: http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/23/a-queens-sweatshop-found-to-owe-workers-53-million/
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