Santa's Workshop - Inside China's Slave Labour Toy Factories

Sometimes we have no choice, we work till dawn. When you work all night you become dizzy and your eyes hurt because you can't take any breaks. 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 labor 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?

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[TheCritic153]

You guys don't seem to understand. The reason that they work so much is because of the greed of countries like America who want to make product for a cheap price

[Tneisnart]

More like Satan's workshop

[COVERartistLOL]

This disgusts me, I knew Chinese had bad working conditions. But this is just beyond inhuman, I really hope things change for them and that American companies stop going overseas and supporting this.

[COVERartistLOL]

That's because they get tips. If people at apple got paid normal wages, then they wouldn't be able to accept tips. Plus people working at apple have way better work conditions then these people in china.

[COVERartistLOL]

Did you watch the video, yea. They chose to work their, but people need to eat some how. And these companies pay them low wages in bad environments. Plus the Chinese's can't form independent unions, so they can't demand anything from these companies without the fear of loosing their jobs and going to jail.

[enginerepairguy]

imaging if you pay 1 dollar more, what a difference i could make for the Chinese worker 

[lu lin]

chinese government is a fucking cunt ,i want to fuck it really hard

[IPwnedTheLichKingLOL]

i have a plan: go back in time, stop america from fucking up it's rep in vietnam, and murder mao zedong before he can form a nation of slaves! :D

[irishmillionare]

And thats what children snuggle up to at night...

[Narrowcros]

China has a communist badge but a capitalist engine

[6043ron]

YOU BASTARDS !! How can you treat human beings this way ?It's GREED isn't it ? Well money ain't everything you bastards. Let me hold both your hands while you are dangling from a high bridge and tell me to my face that money is everything in the world. Pardon me now while I vomit. How disgraceful.