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Article

9 Aug 2005

Author:
International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers’ Federation (ITGLWF)

Footwear Supplier in China Creates Web of Deceit to Cover Up Labour Abuses

Footwear retailers Clarks and Skechers have been asked to address labour rights violations at a Taiwanese-owned footwear supplier [Kingmaker Footwear] in Guangdong in China which systematically hides its violations in ways that make corporate codes of conduct useless...International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers’ Federation...General Secretary Neil Kearney [said]:..."Violations at the plant include excessive hours of work, abuses of laws on overtime pay, harassment and intimidation, intrusive body searches, lack of maternity protection, the failure to grant leave and holidays, and appalling health and safety conditions..."

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