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Article

12 Aug 2008

Author:
National Labor Committee [USA]

K'NEX Sesame Street Workers in China Win Sunday Off, a 16 Percent Wage Increase, and Have Their Hours Cut Nearly in Half!

The young workers say they are "very happy" now, and with the positive changes they would like to keep working at the Kai Da [Hoi Da] Toy Factory. In the past there was a huge and constant turnover rate at the plant…While…K'NEX and Sesame Street [Hoi Da's buyers] certainly deserve credit and thanks-more need to be done. The positive changes have been focused on the formal workers…Conditions for temporary workers…have improved very little…