{"id":24235,"date":"2011-12-19T11:57:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-19T11:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1:10081\/?p=24235 "},"modified":"2011-12-19T11:57:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-19T11:57:00","slug":"24235-revision-v1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minzhuzhongguo.org\/?p=24235","title":{"rendered":"Report Details Miserable Conditions and Unfair Managerial Practices in Chinese Hasbro Factory"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><div><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; \">Workers housed in filthy, over-crowded dorms, infested with rats and bed bugs. &nbsp;Workers report they cannot sleep at night from the bed bug bites.<\/span><\/div><div>&nbsp;<\/div><div><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; \">Workers describe factory food as &#8220;Pretty much like swine food.&#8221;<\/span><\/div><div>&nbsp;<\/div><div><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; \">Workers allowed less than 9 minutes to assemble each Hasbro Transformer, for which they are paid 17 cents.<\/span><\/div><div>&nbsp;<\/div><div><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; \">&#8220;We are drenched in sweat,&#8221; workers say. &nbsp;Factory temperatures soar to 104 degrees F in summer.<\/span><\/div><div>&nbsp;<\/div><div><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; \">During peak season, workers toil 12-hour shifts, seven days a week, while earning a take-home wage of just 92 cents an hour.<\/span><\/div><div>&nbsp;<\/div><div><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; \">Workers undergo three body-searches each day, are not permitted to talk or lift their heads to look around, and need permission to use the bathroom.<\/span><\/div><div>&nbsp;<\/div><div><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; \">Hasbro is open to the hiring of 14 and 15-year-olds on a &#8220;case-by-case basis.&#8221;<\/span><\/div><div>&nbsp;<\/div><div><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; \">Workers in the spray paint department fear they are being exposed to dangerous solvents.<\/span><\/div><div>&nbsp;<\/div><div><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; \">There are no fire drills and some emergency exits are locked.<\/span><\/div><div>&nbsp;<\/div><div><span style=\"color: #2d2d2d; text-align: -webkit-left; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; \">Continue reading&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"color: #2d2d2d; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Lucida Grande', 'Segoe UI', Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: -webkit-left; background-color: #ffffff; \"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; \"><a href=\"http:\/\/thelede.blogs.nytimes.com\/2011\/12\/05\/journalists-should-be-government-mouthpieces-chinas-state-tv-president-says\/?ref=china#h[]\" style=\"color: #034af3; text-decoration: none; \"><\/a><\/span><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/us-ambassador-to-china-calls-on-beijing-to-improve-its-human-rights-record\/2011\/12\/10\/gIQAeRlEkO_story.html\" style=\"color: #034af3; text-decoration: none; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Lucida Grande', 'Segoe UI', Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; 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