The Walt Disney Company
Support striking workers
at Disney supplier in China Over
300 workers of the Haowei Toys factory in
Shenzhen, China, producing plastic toys for
Disney, have been protesting day and night
against the violation of their labour rights.Write
to Disney and tell them to follow upon the
Haowei workers demands.
Since Monday September 10, 2007, the workers
join a sit-in in front of the local labour
office. Recently the factory decided to relocate
to Jiaoyitang Village in Dongguan. Labour
rights violations reported by the Students
and Scholars against Corporate Misbehavior
(SACOM) include excessive overtime, under-payment
or non-payment of overtime, forced signing
of blank contracts, withholding pension and
social insurance payments, exposure to dangerous
toxins and unhealthy dormitory conditions