Santa’s Workshop - Inside China’s Slave Labour Toy Factories
Sometimes we have no choice, we work till dawn. When you work all night you become dizzy and your eyes hurt because you can’t take any breaks. SANTA’S WORKSHOP takes you to the real world of China’s toy factories. Workers tell us about long working hours, low wages, and dangerous work places. Those who protest or try to organize trade unions risk imprisonment. Low labor costs attract more and more companies to China. Today more than 75% of our toys are made in China. But this industry takes its toll on the workers and on the environment. The European (and American) buyers blame bad conditions on the Chinese suppliers. But they say that increasingly hard competition gives them no option. Who should we believe? And what can you do to bring about a fairer and more humane toy trade?
16:57 With just one glance, her eyes explained this horrible situation in its entirety. I’ve seen enough…
Damn man they deserve their eight hours of work, two hours overtime. They don’t even have a life outside, its like prison. Its sin to pressure them to work like that.
this is why we need to invest more in India, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand, the Philippines and Malaysia which also have hard working populations
@gyouaredone well put
that’s industrial revolution for ya.
My cousin, best friend, and mother was a factory worker in china. All the past generations of my family worked in a factory. My whole village in china went to work in factory after middle school
it will always be this was…. despite horrible working conditions i wouldn’t like to see millions of children starve to death…. that’s the worse case scenario.. we.. must get real, China wont change….. sorry if my comment offends people….
@Anusideral irrelevant bullshit coming from the mouth of an idiot…
Somebody can translate this to spanish for share with people who speaking spanish??
@gyouaredone You don’t get that most people DON’T WANT to pay higher prices do you?
Your personnal ethics (and delusion) doesn’t apply to reality.
A LOT OF COMPANYS KNOW ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE DOING IN CHINA BUT THE WONT DO ANYTHINK ABOUT THE CHEAP LABOUR BECAUSE IT IS TOO MUCH MONEY TO GO SOMEWHERE ELS
AND THE CHINA,S KNOW THIS THAT WHY THEY HAVE MADE SO MUCH MONEY IN SORT SPACE OF TIME LOOK OF HOW MANY BILLIONAIRE THERE ARE IN CHINA IN THE LAST 5YEARS A LOAN
China is a dictatorship. What strange here. At least there not sent to the gulags or killed. Anything is better then dying young
i beg the great chinese people dont buy ivory products save the elepant i beg the chinese people before the elephant is extinct. please chinese people dont buy ivory save the elephant please for future generations, i urge chinese citizens dont buy ivory dont let elephants die
90% are woman but even some of the men are suffering If I was God I would stop this injustice.
simple solution dorks install cameras in the factories DUH!
poor Chinese Girls
@jfluter
Good question, all I can really say is that the bad shops are definitely being exposed (the ones in this video, Apple in China, etc.).
@fountainherz So how can we find out which products are made in decent shops, and which ones aren’t?
@jfluter
“purchasing anything that was made in China”
Well I’m not trying to be a twat but not all shops in china are run like this, some are good to their workers, have good conditons etc., so why stop buying from them just because firms like these? If anything those good shops should be supported while the bad cut off, so the bad ones get the message that consumers aren’t going to fuck around.
@gyouaredone
The consumers don’t and shouldn’t even need to pay the etra cost. Why? Because multi-billion corps like walmart can more than afford better conditions. These corps need to cut their ceo’s insane salaries/income and use it on improving capital and conditions.
ten film jest chyba z przed jakis 15 lat ??? apropo w chinach jest tak jak w stanach 100 lat temu , dlatego stany są teraz takie bogate! tam tez byl wyzysk.
nało0żyć cło 100% na Chichy i inne kraje 3 świata i przywracać produkcję w europie!!! Dość wypływania kasy od nas do nich!!! Potem dziwią się że mają deficyty w grecjii czy włoszech!!!
Za łapówki z adidasa i innych firm made in pakistan politycy na to pozwalają!!!
I keep hearing these western reporters bashing the people who willing to work for slave wage
(they have no choice since they needed the jobs). This is a bunch of western hypocrisy to no end.
This is the ONLY reason they outsource the work to oversea countries like China.
The big greedy companies always have the choice to pay the workers more and this can easily be implemented just by revoking the contract. I’m so sick of this BULLSHIT.
And all the viewers of these video have computer monitors made in China….
It always comes down to Truth: the bible says, ‘the love of money is the root of all evil’. In countries where the Truth is suppressed, evil and greed grows. Freedom comes when hearts are free to love and be loved by their Creator.