Santa's Workshop (1/3)

Fair Trade Center and LottaFilm

SANTA'S WORKSHOP takes you to the real world of China's toy factories. Workers tell us about long working hours, low wages, and dangerous work places. Those who protest or try to organize trade unions risk imprisonment.

Low labour costs attract more and more companies to China. Today more than 75% of our toys are made in China. But this industry takes its toll on the workers and on the environment.

The European (and American) buyers blame bad conditions on the Chinese suppliers. But they say that increasingly hard competition gives them no option. Who should we believe? And what can you do to bring about a fairer and more humane toy trade?

[PLEASE WATCH THIS INCREDIBLY INFORMATIVE DOCUMENTARY REGARDING SLAVERY OVERSEAS]

fair trade is an alternative to this slavery.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• walmart
• wal-mart
• toys
• disney
• cheap
• wages
• slave
• labor
• monopol

[intrauniverso]

great vid but sad...it ´s well known that capitalism is a crap. i hope lots of people can see it, nice ricardo

[homovegetus0]

gracias ;)

[TheQueenOfTheDamned]

That's a sad reality... I also agree it's a great video, and a lot of ppl should see it...and I hope they try to do something about it...

[TheMightyGuri]

said a chinese...

[VenusProjectFTW]

This is disgusting. People don't need this junk! If they were producing something essential to the world, that's one thing, but this is completely unacceptable! If the kids who got these toys saw this doc and understood what they saw, I bet you they wouldn't want that toy nearly as much!

[19LisaMS92]

I read "Satan's Workshop" ^^

[JasonDamisch]

Disney lets pedophiles work for them at Disney land and Disney world and also uses child slave labor to make it's toys for America? Boy, they really do love and care about children.

[slik1991]

Afta a long time at work dey get very tire and then feel uncon... some eh sickness only. No big deal, they recover very quickly.... wtf, do the chinese believe that their workers are pokemon??!?!?!?!?

[hkpho0ey]

However who is ultimately to blame. Chinese fat cats is a bit of a joke as the factory isn't making the huge profits unless their making fakes. A big western company has all the power. They know if you won't do for a set price someone else will, certainly in a highly competitive industry like toys.

[hkpho0ey]

It's not quite the whole story as I regularly deal with Chinese suppliers myself so do have an insiders view. Actually many of these Chinese workers will work in a factory for a couple of years and are willing to endure what from a western viewpoint is appalling conditions to earn enough to buy a house or small business in their home village. You have to remember China doesn't have the same welfare system so if you don't work no one is going to feed, cloth or house you and your family.

[pleasebefair]

I think the central government is trying to solve this problems but since the rest of the government is deeply corrupted this problem can never be solved. As a chinese I really hate to see this and I feel very sad to these poor workers, what i hated the most about the Chinese society nowadays is that in China the laws are very flexible, therefore rich people have great powers to do whatever they want.

[alexanderthewraith]

Chinese fat cats are the worst kind!

You can see they really care about their people!

We need to let the slaves take refuge in a safe location whilst we fucking pulverise China into a pile of smoking rubble!

That's what they would do to us, let's get them first!

Let the chips fall where they may!

FUCK CHINA!

[Melanie1780]

It is terrible that children have to tear that bad .. in such bad conditions.