Slave Labour in China

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Slave Labour in China
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What Is Slave Labour?

• UN REPORTSlave Labour is a Social Evil
• Slavery is a condition of control over a person
  against their will, enforced by violence or other
  forms of coercion or cruelty. Slavery almost
  always occurs for the purpose of securing the
  labor of the person concerned. en.wikipedia.org/wi
  ki/Slave_labour

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What Rights Have Been Broken?

• UN Declaration of Human RightsArticle 4.Article
  23.Article 24.Article 25.

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What Is The Issue?

• Companies try to save money by using slave labour
  to make products at a low cost (because they do
  not pay the workers much).

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Where is slave labour used?

• Clothing company Gap have admitted terrible
  working conditions in their factories in Mexico,
  China, Russia and India. In these factories
  children were forced to work, every worker was
  treated like a slave and forced to work more than
  80 hours a week.

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Where is slave labour used?

• Many companies use factories with terrible
  conditions (called sweatshops) including in
  China to try to produce things cheaply. Other
  companies using sweatshops include Nike, Adidas,
  Tommy Hilfiger, Umbro and Fila.

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Examples Of Products Of Slave Labour

• Beijing Mickey Toys Co., Ltd

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What Does The UN Plan To Do?

• Create a system that monitors labour conditions
  and publicly reports labour violations
• The Un is calling for - governments and
  employers to form a global alliance to fight
  forced labour

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What Can We Do?

• End Consumption Of Slave Labour Goods via
  Exploiting and Boycotting Companies that means
  you could stop buying things that are made in
  sweatshops