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Article

9 Nov 2007

Author:
Ting Ting Ng, Bloomberg

Disney Investigates Alleged Unfair Practices in China

Walt Disney Co., the second-biggest U.S. media company, is investigating alleged labor abuse in one of its factories in China...A SACOM investigation last month found that workers in factories that did business with Disney were working as long as 15 hours a day while being paid below the minimum wages allowed...The All-China Federation of Trade Unions said in April that McDonald's Corp. and Yum! Brands Inc.'s KFC restaurants paid part-time workers less than the legal wages in Guangdong. The two companies said their payment practices were legal. Disney and its units ``take claims of unfair labor practices very seriously and investigate any such allegations thoroughly,'' Goss said...Conditions for workers in southern China's Guangdong province, where many toymakers operate, ``remain devastatingly brutal, with long hours, unsafe workplaces and restricted freedom of association, and in blatant violation of Chinese and international labor law,'' the China Labor Watch report said. [also refers to Pearl Tower Garments & Toys, Wal-mart, Aoyagi Toy Factory, Hasbro, Mattel, Apple, Hon Hai]