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11 Jun 2007

Author:
Stephen Wade, Associated Press

China May Cancel Olympic Contracts

Red-faced organizers of the Beijing Olympics threatened Monday to cancel the contracts of companies using child labor and violating minimum-wage rules to make Olympic-licensed products...In a report released Sunday, PlayFair 2008 -- an alliance of global trade union and labor groups -- cited four factories in southern China for labor violations...[the 4 factories are] Lekit Stationery Company, Yue Wing Cheong Light Products (Shenzhen), Eagle Leather Products, Mainland Headwear Holdings...

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