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Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.55,0:00:07.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How many days a week do you work?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.74,0:00:10.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Seven days.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.01,0:00:14.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We start half past six in the morning and work till midnight.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.28,0:00:18.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then we do overtime work until two or four am.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.66,0:00:21.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What toys are produced at the factory?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.76,0:00:40.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dolls and dogs for Disney.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.44,0:00:51.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TITLE: Santa's workshop
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.51,0:00:54.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you buy a toy, what do you think about?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.16,0:00:59.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It should be funny… and nice.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.26,0:01:03.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where do you think the toys are produced?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.33,0:01:05.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other countries…
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.80,0:01:08.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Santa's workshop.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.16,0:01:14.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In some Asian country, by far too young… children perhaps, I don't know.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.97,0:01:21.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Halloween has, as you know, come from the USA and it's here to stay.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.25,0:01:23.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's more popular than anything else.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.80,0:01:26.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Masks are one item.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.19,0:01:30.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here the Chinese have given it som extra thought
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.50,0:01:32.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and put some LED lights in it to light it up.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.47,0:01:36.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What wages do those working in the production get?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.60,0:01:38.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TEXT: Stefan Risberg. Managing Director, Toyman
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.44,0:01:41.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In China it is… The labour is cheap
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.39,0:01:45.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,otherwise the production would never be located there.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.05,0:01:46.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So of course it's like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.92,0:01:50.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If it is something to save and live from when you get old? I don't think so.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.51,0:01:53.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How much of these toys are produced in China?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.09,0:02:00.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the autumn range 95% comes from China.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.30,0:02:06.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Europe we spend more than 20,000 billion dollars on toys and games every year.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.83,0:02:10.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A large part of these toys are bought at christmas time.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.46,0:02:13.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But who makes these toys?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.29,0:02:18.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was younger I found out that McDonald's toys where made by children.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.91,0:02:22.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After that I didn't want them any more, since other children made them.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.72,0:02:25.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought it was adults, or a machine, that made them.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.57,0:02:30.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I don't want McDonalds toys. Otherwise I'd keep buying them.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.97,0:02:39.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In August 2000 it was revealed that one of the factories making toys for McDonalds employed child labour.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.18,0:02:43.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The factory was situated in China, where most of the worlds toys are made.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.19,0:02:52.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We decided to go there and investigate the current conditions in the toy factories.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.30,0:02:55.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here in Hong Kong we met one of those who exposed
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.13,0:02:59.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the poor working conditions at the McDonalds supplier.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.47,0:03:06.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His name is Perry, and he has studied conditions in the toy industry for several years.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.81,0:03:12.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Hong Kong, and what you can see here is the Victoria Harbor.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.05,0:03:18.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And opposite side of here is the central business district of Hong Kong.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.03,0:03:22.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All the big toy companies all have their offices here.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.97,0:03:29.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Formerly a British colony, Hong Kong was reunited with China in 1997.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.18,0:03:32.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hong Kong still retains a degree of autonomy,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.14,0:03:36.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,enjoying more freedom and democracy than the rest of China.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.08,0:03:40.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here toys are sold to buyers from all over the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.06,0:03:43.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The pirate ship is very popular in Sweden.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.80,0:03:45.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In what shops can you find it?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.65,0:03:48.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is there any BR shop in Sweden?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.09,0:03:49.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.39,0:03:53.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or ICA? I C A, yeah?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.46,0:03:55.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TEXT: Charles Cheng. Sales Manager.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.17,0:03:56.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Åhléns as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.50,0:03:58.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What sort of things are the buyers interested in?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.67,0:04:00.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Buyers are interested in pricing.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.87,0:04:08.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The deals are done in Hong Kong but production is contracted out to factories employing millions of people on mainland China
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.24,0:04:12.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to understand what is the impact for the worker
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.02,0:04:15.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first impressions may be that the workers can get a job
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.85,0:04:18.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's is better than to be unemployed
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.19,0:04:23.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we have to ask what kind of job they can have
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.22,0:04:29.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it a decent one? Will it help their life or help their family?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.67,0:04:38.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or the kind of job that can make their life even worse?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.17,0:04:44.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An hour's drive from Hong Kong takes us to Shenzhen, the nearest town on mainland China
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.31,0:04:47.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are traveling as tourists because the Chinese authorities would never
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.31,0:04:51.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,give us permission to film as we intend to
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.72,0:04:54.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Development has progressed very quickly here
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.72,0:05:00.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,25 years ago there were only fields and small villages in this region
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.22,0:05:03.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is where most of what we buy is manufactured
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.30,0:05:09.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From clothes and shoes to games, computers and toys
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.87,0:05:12.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We took good time in preparing our visit here
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.30,0:05:14.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we were able to obtain permission
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.22,0:05:19.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from some Scandinavian toy companies to film in some factories
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.16,0:05:21.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The companies themselves chose the factories
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.42,0:05:26.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which we were permitted to film
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.40,0:05:30.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In this factory, they make plastic toys and toy vehicles for many companies
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.17,0:05:33.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,across Europe including the Scandivanian companies
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.43,0:05:43.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Inca, Top-Toy and Orleans
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.76,0:05:45.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How hot is the material?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.47,0:05:50.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The plastic material is around 200 degrees Celsius
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.56,0:05:53.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that's why it's so hot in here?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.13,0:05:55.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The environment is very hot.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.85,0:06:02.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in the summertime the temperature of this workshop is higher
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.68,0:06:05.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It becomes even hotter when we enter the departments
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.64,0:06:07.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the toy vehicle parts are cast.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.64,0:06:14.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The air is stifling and it is difficult to breathe.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.21,0:06:16.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A note posted on a wall warns of our visit
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.34,0:06:18.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and workers are told to remove any scrap
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.69,0:06:23.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that may block the walkways before our arrival
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.06,0:06:25.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's mostly women workers. How many percent?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.53,0:06:30.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Women workers - more than 90% in our factory.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.92,0:06:39.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Why? - Because they are easy to manage.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.39,0:06:44.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mostly the workers come from far away provinces of China.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.71,0:06:47.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Why? - Because in these provinces
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.58,0:06:50.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people are poor.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.95,0:06:55.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Therefore they have no choice but to come here to get better wages.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.09,0:07:01.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How many of your 2000 workers are migrant workers from the North?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.03,0:07:05.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mostly they come from the far away provinces.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.30,0:07:13.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No local residents.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.16,0:07:15.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We cannot interview workers
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.20,0:07:17.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it may cause problems for them.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.28,0:07:21.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead, the Hong Kong Christian Industrial Committee which exposed Mcdonald's
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.60,0:07:25.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,conducts covert interviews with anonymous workers
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.68,0:07:31.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from a number of factories
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.64,0:07:33.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are you gauranteed minimum wages?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.66,0:07:38.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, we get paid for how fact we work - no minimum wage.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.72,0:07:44.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those who work the slowest earn about 300 yuan.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.64,0:07:49.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you work fast you can earn 400-500 yuan.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.04,0:07:53.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do you earn per month when you do a lot of overtime work?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.58,0:07:57.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most often 700-800 yuan if you work a lot of overtime.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.97,0:08:07.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Do you work late? - Often till 10 or 11 pm.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.22,0:08:10.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What this worker describes violates both Chinese law
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.72,0:08:13.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the ethical codes of the Scandinavian companies.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.77,0:08:16.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TEXT: AKE NATT OCH DAG, Quality Control Manager, Coop
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.83,0:08:19.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have written in our policy
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.89,0:08:21.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that one should be entitled to one free day a week.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.47,0:08:24.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one cannot exceed local...
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.97,0:08:31.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,... local regulations on maximum working hours.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.56,0:08:37.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It will become more obvious that these rules are not applied.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.02,0:08:38.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here, the Swedish and Chinese flags
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.48,0:08:41.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are flown side by side as the Swedish company Brio
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.52,0:08:47.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is one of the factory's biggest customers.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.47,0:08:48.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TEXT: TOMAS PERSON - Managing Director, Brio
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.96,0:08:50.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now that we are trading with China
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.59,0:08:52.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we must activate vigorous control systems.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.80,0:08:54.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Otherwise it may damage the image.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.88,0:08:56.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We question how Brio check
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.95,0:09:00.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the working conditions here.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.34,0:09:03.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have Brio been here?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.72,0:09:07.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, they have been here quite a few times.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.11,0:09:11.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are they interested in when they come to the factory?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.85,0:09:15.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, basically they are looking for new products and making some new sets.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.86,0:09:21.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just telling what's the market situation.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.80,0:09:25.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Through covert interviews we learn that they are often forced to work
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.44,0:09:29.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,14 hours a day 7 days a week.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.27,0:09:39.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is illegal and in breach of Brio's rules.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.44,0:09:42.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just like in the garment industries or in the footware industries sometimes
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.89,0:09:46.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,during the peak season workers have to work overtime.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.22,0:09:48.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We check in some factories in the peak season when
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.53,0:09:51.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,demand in the United States or in Europe is bad.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.91,0:09:55.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then they suddenly place an order to the factories with a short lead time.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.72,0:10:04.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In this case the workers are asked to do overtime continuously for several days.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.63,0:10:10.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And sometimes they even cannot sleep at night.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.75,0:10:11.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Do you ever work all night?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.84,0:10:16.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, sometimes. We have no choice. We work till dawn.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.08,0:10:24.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you work all night you become dizzy and your eyes hurt -
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.20,0:10:36.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- because you cannot take any breaks.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.16,0:10:39.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,During the lunch break at Mr. Li's factory
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.34,0:10:42.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,two women support another woman who has just fainted.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.08,0:10:47.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of the workers want to save money so they don't eat breakfast.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.08,0:10:50.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After a long at work they get very tired and then feel uncon...
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.80,0:10:53.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,... some sickness only.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.22,0:10:58.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No big deal. They recover very quickly.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.22,0:11:00.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So they want to save.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.38,0:11:02.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You said that breakfast was 1 yuan.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.89,0:11:07.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not expensive. But some of them want to save more money.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.22,0:11:12.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They prefer no holiday. They prefer to continue working.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.06,0:11:15.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe actually they prefer better wages. They don't prefer to work all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.84,0:11:19.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, this is not a reasonable request.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.86,0:11:29.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is not good thinking to work less get more money.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.14,0:11:31.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Through an underground organization in China
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.38,0:11:34.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we at last get the chance to interview some workers.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.89,0:11:38.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We meet them one evening in a windowless room.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.65,0:11:42.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We may film them but we cannot show their faces fully.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.33,0:11:50.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They work in the electronics industry where working conditions are similar to those in the toy industry.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.60,0:11:52.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How much overtime do you work per month?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.86,0:11:55.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,130-140 hours.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.22,0:11:57.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We must also rest.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.08,0:12:00.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We cannot work overtime every day.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.85,0:12:03.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not even those who want to can do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.100,0:12:12.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you got higher wages, would you still want to work overtime?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.09,0:12:14.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, I wouldn't!
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.61,0:12:17.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TEXT: LARS GJOERUP, Managing Director, Top Toy Hong Kong
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.14,0:12:19.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To be very honest, the general complaint we get is
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.66,0:12:24.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we talk of the makeup of some workers is that they are not very happy about
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.14,0:12:25.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the limit on overtime during the peak season.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.75,0:12:30.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Top Toy, a Danish company that runs BR-Legetøj and Toys R Us in Scandinavia
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.51,0:12:37.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they seem to be unable to see any connection between the low wages and the workers' willingness to work overtime
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.82,0:12:40.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, why do you think they want to work overtime?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.17,0:12:43.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because they can earn more money.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.39,0:12:44.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So do you think they make a living wage
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.93,0:12:47.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on their normal 8-hours day?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.38,0:12:51.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know the living cost in the factories are covered by dormitories, by food, by health care.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.39,0:12:57.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if a worker really want, they can probably stay in the factory and feel safe.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.11,0:12:59.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the factories there are dormatories and the canteens
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.84,0:13:03.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where almost all migrant workers sleep and eat.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.18,0:13:07.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The low wages render other options impossible.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.39,0:13:12.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Workers have a choice to stay inside the factories or outside the factories.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.55,0:13:17.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,??? This should be their choice.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.72,0:13:21.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The workers live in cramped quarters
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.55,0:13:24.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,often twelve to twenty in a room.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.18,0:13:30.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The only storage for private possessions is in their beds.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.11,0:13:33.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wages have, in principle, remained unchanged for several years
Dialogue: 0,0:13:33.97,0:13:38.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while prices in this region have gone up by several hundred per cent.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.86,0:13:43.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a result, workers are forced to live their lives inside the factories.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:43.42,0:13:50.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their wages wouldn't last long outside the factory walls.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:50.94,0:13:54.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In some of the factories we visited the working environment is very poor.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.86,0:13:56.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:56.16,0:13:58.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Often the noise level is very high
Dialogue: 0,0:13:58.20,0:14:00.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and only a few workers have ear muffs.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.14,0:14:03.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Protective equipment is inadequate or even nonexistent.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.91,0:14:06.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Workers tell us that they burn and cut themselves
Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.41,0:14:09.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and their arms are marked with scars
Dialogue: 0,0:14:09.47,0:14:12.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The more serious problem is that they damage their health very much.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.58,0:14:15.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes it's not about a problem with the machine
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.29,0:14:18.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's because workers have to work for long hours
Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.16,0:14:20.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they cannot concentrate on their work and they make mistakes
Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.47,0:14:24.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they hurt themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:24.30,0:14:26.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What accidents can happen?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.77,0:14:30.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes the workers get very tired and forgetful -
Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.91,0:14:35.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- and when there is a manual operation they may neglect to
Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.01,0:14:42.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pull away the arm and then the door closes suddenly
Dialogue: 0,0:14:42.39,0:14:44.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.05,0:14:47.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- What injuries does that cause?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.13,0:14:50.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hurting the fingers or something similar
Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.16,0:14:57.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes they burn their skin also due to the very hot plastic materials.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:57.86,0:15:01.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Amongst the most serious accidents that occur are fires.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.14,0:15:19.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The worst factory fire to date occurred in a toy factory in Thailand.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:19.60,0:15:25.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the 10th of May 1993 hundreds of young workers were trapped in a fire
Dialogue: 0,0:15:25.42,0:15:28.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because emergency exits were blocked.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:28.97,0:15:33.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Although the factory was several stories high there were no fire escapes.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:33.67,0:15:39.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,188 people died and 469 were injured, most of them young women.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.94,0:15:45.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fire broke out at night when everyone was leaving.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:45.14,0:15:49.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the smoke started everyone ran and trampled one another
Dialogue: 0,0:15:49.72,0:15:53.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they could not get out through the doors.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:53.47,0:15:55.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could not see the ground
Dialogue: 0,0:15:55.89,0:16:03.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- but I thought I have to jump if I'm going to survive.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:03.26,0:16:06.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of my friends was pregnant.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:06.89,0:16:10.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She could not get out and she was buried in the flames.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:10.27,0:16:17.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If the factory had escape ladders and good fire alarms -
Dialogue: 0,0:16:17.47,0:16:24.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- a tragedy like this would not have happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:24.52,0:16:29.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In November that year a similar accident occurred in Scenzhen in China.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:29.51,0:16:31.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fires attracted worldwide attention
Dialogue: 0,0:16:31.88,0:16:40.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the pressure on companies to show their responsibility for health, safety and working conditions mounted.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:40.31,0:16:46.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The companies must think of the employee's life and their rights.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:46.50,0:16:52.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not just make big profits and then leave
Dialogue: 0,0:16:52.92,0:17:01.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a consequence of these incidents the toy companies began to impose ethical demands on their suppliers: so-called codes of conduct.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:01.52,0:17:07.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The introduction of codes of conduct has led to improvements in the working environment in many factories.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:07.47,0:17:11.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what about working hours and wages?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:11.30,0:17:14.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a leading supplier to the Swedish toy market.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:14.47,0:17:18.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We ask if it is difficult to follow the codes of the Swedish companies.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:18.97,0:17:21.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TEXT: GINNY MOK, Sales Manager
Dialogue: 0,0:17:21.02,0:17:25.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have passed different kinds of controls like quality control on ethical issues.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:25.22,0:17:28.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have different audits.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:28.52,0:17:30.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, you have no problems of following them.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:30.31,0:17:34.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, no problems. No problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:34.28,0:17:36.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you always know when they will come?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:36.59,0:17:40.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Normally they will set up a certain date.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:40.94,0:17:45.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not a particular time but the day they are coming...
Dialogue: 0,0:17:45.76,0:17:48.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Working 8 hours a day...
Dialogue: 0,0:17:48.03,0:17:52.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are shown contracts setting out factory regulations
Dialogue: 0,0:17:52.04,0:17:59.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we see wage lists and time cards.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:59.01,0:18:00.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Overtime work cannot be over 36 hours
Dialogue: 0,0:18:00.80,0:18:04.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All seems to be well and in accordance with Chinese law
Dialogue: 0,0:18:04.56,0:18:07.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the companies codes of conduct.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:07.38,0:18:14.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where is the overtime? No overtime?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:14.25,0:18:23.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, workers from the factory tell us that there is a system of false wage lists and time cards.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:23.17,0:18:30.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The false lists that are shown when code controllers from the buyers call show much higher wages than are paid out.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:30.92,0:18:38.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Prior to visits from the controllers, management warns workers not to talk about real wages and working hours.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:38.31,0:18:43.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Workers are paid to give appropriate answers to the controllers.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:43.16,0:18:45.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do a lot of customers check the factory?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:45.89,0:18:47.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, pretty often.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:47.22,0:18:50.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they don't discover anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:50.77,0:18:52.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why not?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:52.22,0:18:55.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because we have prepared ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:55.06,0:19:01.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They know what the buyers are looking for and have prepared for it.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:01.84,0:19:05.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- so it is pointless to inspect
Dialogue: 0,0:19:05.31,0:19:07.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does the factory tell you what to answer?
Dialogue: 0,0:19:07.80,0:19:09.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, always.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:09.12,0:19:10.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you get paid if you answer as you have been told to?
Dialogue: 0,0:19:10.35,0:19:11.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, if we give the correct answers we get 50 yuan.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:11.81,0:19:18.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If it is like that, it is very disturbing.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:18.14,0:19:23.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I have not received any reports and never seen anything like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:23.92,0:19:28.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But again, I have not asked if there are any false reports -
Dialogue: 0,0:19:28.31,0:19:32.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- so it isn't very strange that I have not seen any.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:32.18,0:19:35.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It shouldn't be like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:35.64,0:19:40.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now you are saying it is so, and all I can just say is that
Dialogue: 0,0:19:40.64,0:19:42.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- it shouldn't be like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:42.37,0:19:47.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tell me what factories they are and we will deal with them.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:47.96,0:19:51.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An investigation by the Hong Kong Christian Industrial Committee
Dialogue: 0,0:19:51.96,0:19:57.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shows that 7 out of 9 suppliers cheat in this way.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:57.88,0:20:00.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do you think it is like?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:00.53,0:20:02.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it is because they want to make money.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:02.30,0:20:05.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It takes money to follow the buyers codes of conduct.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:05.35,0:20:08.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the suppliers say the buyers will not pay these extra costs.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:08.30,0:20:13.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If the selling price is too low, the profit of the factory will also be low
Dialogue: 0,0:20:13.68,0:20:19.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which case the factory cannot afford to pay the workers their wages
Dialogue: 0,0:20:19.91,0:20:24.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is the very worst situation.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:24.46,0:20:29.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This soft toy manufacturer who is a supplier to the Swedish market agrees.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:29.72,0:20:32.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes I joke with our customers...
Dialogue: 0,0:20:32.67,0:20:36.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Okay, I agree to everything you want, if you raise the price to 20 percent."
Dialogue: 0,0:20:36.71,0:20:42.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, they are not going to do that. They don't care.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:42.04,0:20:46.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You give me a lead time of 90 days instead of 30 days"
Dialogue: 0,0:20:46.73,0:20:49.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"then I don't want to do the overtime."
Dialogue: 0,0:20:49.81,0:20:51.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nobody wants to do the overtime, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:51.86,0:20:56.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if you have to ship this order within 30 days -
Dialogue: 0,0:20:56.63,0:21:03.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- then overtime is obviously necessary
Dialogue: 0,0:21:03.33,0:21:07.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We also have to look at the consumers, how much are they willing to pay for the product
Dialogue: 0,0:21:07.33,0:21:11.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You cannot go and increase the price by 30 percent
Dialogue: 0,0:21:11.88,0:21:16.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You need time to make sure the customers actually understand that there is a link
Dialogue: 0,0:21:16.18,0:21:18.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between the price you pay and what you get
Dialogue: 0,0:21:18.02,0:21:23.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With an increasingly tough global competition
Dialogue: 0,0:21:23.24,0:21:27.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,prices are kept low at the expense of the workers
Dialogue: 0,0:21:27.43,0:21:41.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why then don't the workers complain, why don't they protest?
Dialogue: 0,0:21:41.72,0:21:47.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Han Dongfang was one of the leaders of the student protests in Tiananmen Square in 1989
Dialogue: 0,0:21:47.20,0:21:53.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where he and thousands of other students demonstrated for democracy in China
Dialogue: 0,0:21:53.19,0:21:57.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The army crushed the protests which ended in a bloodbath.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:57.92,0:22:03.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Han Dongfang was imprisoned and eventually deported to Hong Kong.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:03.60,0:22:09.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,According to the trade union law in China only one union is allowed
Dialogue: 0,0:22:09.39,0:22:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is the official Communist Party controlled union
Dialogue: 0,0:22:14.00,0:22:19.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this organization is basically a Communist party branch
Dialogue: 0,0:22:19.14,0:22:22.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in charge of controlling workers to make sure that
Dialogue: 0,0:22:22.80,0:22:27.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,workers don't know anything about the union.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:27.97,0:22:32.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Han Dongfang is now working for the cause of Chinese workers
Dialogue: 0,0:22:32.69,0:22:36.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in his radio program on Radio Free Asia
Dialogue: 0,0:22:36.22,0:22:39.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and by writing for the China Labour Bulletin
Dialogue: 0,0:22:39.63,0:22:42.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As it is impossible to organize free trade unions in China
Dialogue: 0,0:22:42.88,0:22:45.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he gives workers advice by telephone
Dialogue: 0,0:22:45.31,0:22:49.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on how to organize their grievences within the framework of the law
Dialogue: 0,0:22:49.34,0:22:54.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and bring their cases to court.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:54.06,0:22:58.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One day it is hoped that Chinese workers
Dialogue: 0,0:22:58.87,0:23:04.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will be allowed to form trade unions
Dialogue: 0,0:23:04.64,0:23:08.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A trade union is a prominent way of protecting workers' rights
Dialogue: 0,0:23:08.36,0:23:12.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not only in this country but anywhere else
Dialogue: 0,0:23:12.27,0:23:16.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you are a few people fighting for this you're scared
Dialogue: 0,0:23:16.86,0:23:27.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but if you are 300 people or 700 people then you are not scared anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:27.56,0:23:33.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Hong Kong, there is an independent trade federation - The Hong Kong Confederation of Workers.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:33.75,0:23:39.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They claim to be the only free trade union in China.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:39.80,0:23:41.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TEXT: ELIZABETH TANG, Chief Executive, HKCTU
Dialogue: 0,0:23:41.36,0:23:45.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since the 80's when everbody in the world was thinking that China had changed
Dialogue: 0,0:23:45.38,0:23:50.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that China was becoming more and more open
Dialogue: 0,0:23:50.39,0:23:54.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and connecting with the West more and more
Dialogue: 0,0:23:54.14,0:23:59.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but almost all the workers who have tried to organize
Dialogue: 0,0:23:59.81,0:24:07.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,independent organizations have been arrested.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:07.96,0:24:15.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They have a union and they can join if they want.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:15.80,0:24:21.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are the complaints?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:21.96,0:24:25.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They have the channel but so far they didn't use it.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:25.05,0:24:27.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What did the union do then?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:27.14,0:24:30.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isn't the union without a purpose then?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:30.58,0:24:35.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, but the state demands that we have one.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:35.54,0:24:46.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Actually the workers can complain through these unions
Dialogue: 0,0:24:46.22,0:24:53.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but so far they are not quite used to voicing their complaints through these unions.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:53.72,0:25:01.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are able to meet a union representative from one of the factories.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:01.30,0:25:02.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TEXT: SAU SANA, Trade Union Representative
Dialogue: 0,0:25:02.72,0:25:10.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The workers think that they are treated fairly.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:10.54,0:25:13.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They haven't raised any issues.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:13.30,0:25:20.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are the prizes that we have received for our efforts
Dialogue: 0,0:25:20.12,0:25:21.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on behalf of the workers.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:21.97,0:25:24.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe they think we have done a good job.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:24.39,0:25:28.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you formed an independent union at the factory
Dialogue: 0,0:25:28.02,0:25:33.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what do you think would happen?
Dialogue: 0,0:25:33.51,0:25:37.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we did that we would be fired.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:37.38,0:25:42.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They would never allow an independent union at the factory.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:42.67,0:25:49.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, the worker's demand is even greater than that of the buyer.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:49.01,0:25:54.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They always have endless demands.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:54.98,0:25:56.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are we going to fight?
Dialogue: 0,0:25:56.36,0:26:01.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fight!
Dialogue: 0,0:26:01.15,0:26:03.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Thailand, workers are able to organize unions
Dialogue: 0,0:26:03.97,0:26:07.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this has led to certain improvements.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:07.60,0:26:12.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When our union was formed, we started demanding improvements.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:12.38,0:26:14.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The union has had meetings and negotiations.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:14.73,0:26:17.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So all improvements... everything we have received
Dialogue: 0,0:26:17.98,0:26:22.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is thanks to our union.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:22.89,0:26:25.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We meet .. and his workmates who work in a factory
Dialogue: 0,0:26:25.95,0:26:29.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,making toys for export to Europe.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:29.29,0:26:32.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Conditions are better thanks to the union.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:32.20,0:26:35.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it is difficult to live on their wages.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:35.97,0:26:42.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They live in a poor area. Three of them share one small room.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:42.47,0:26:48.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They show us a packet of toy motorcycles from their factory.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:48.44,0:26:53.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As soon as the union demands anything the company says it will be bankrupt
Dialogue: 0,0:26:53.44,0:26:57.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they threaten with relocation.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:57.01,0:27:00.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If they move to China we lose our jobs.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:00.89,0:27:07.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They threaten us so that we won't demand anything more.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:07.43,0:27:12.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All Asiatic countries feel the tough competition from China.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:12.34,0:27:17.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many Asian manufacturers have already relocated their production there.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:17.44,0:27:20.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because of its enormous population and repressive trade union laws
Dialogue: 0,0:27:20.98,0:27:26.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,China can offer companies unbeatable low production costs.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:26.68,0:27:30.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Employees in Thailand use the threat of Chinese competition
Dialogue: 0,0:27:30.15,0:27:33.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when negotiating wages and working conditions.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:33.75,0:27:38.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thai workers are afraid to demand better wages because of the threat
Dialogue: 0,0:27:38.10,0:27:46.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in China employees cannot voice their demands.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:46.100,0:27:54.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The environment is another victim of the huge expansion of the export industry in Southern China
Dialogue: 0,0:27:54.14,0:27:57.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are thousands of factories located along the Dongjiang river.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:57.92,0:28:01.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of them are toy factories which we have visited.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:01.19,0:28:04.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most of them release waste untreated.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:04.61,0:28:06.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TEXT: APPLE CHAN, Greenpeace, Hong Kong
Dialogue: 0,0:28:06.35,0:28:10.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Testing on Chromium, Lead, Mercury, Phosphorus, Ammonium...
Dialogue: 0,0:28:10.77,0:28:15.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mercury is the one we find most problematic because
Dialogue: 0,0:28:15.23,0:28:24.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it tests 280 times higher than the national state requirements or regulations.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:24.89,0:28:28.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are worried because people are drinking the polluted water
Dialogue: 0,0:28:28.11,0:28:30.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also eating contaminated fish.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:30.47,0:28:40.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Research on mercury shows it brings damage to the brain.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:40.89,0:28:46.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We use water from the factories.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:46.06,0:28:47.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From the factory over there.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:47.72,0:28:49.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You use it for irrigation?
Dialogue: 0,0:28:49.66,0:28:50.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:50.93,0:28:52.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where else can we get water?
Dialogue: 0,0:28:52.64,0:28:54.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is no fresh, clean water.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:54.93,0:29:00.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is nothing else. We have to use the water from the factory.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:00.98,0:29:06.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The pollution is a disaster for the poor who used to live by fishing this river.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:06.31,0:29:11.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You cannot drink or use the water and we can't fish.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:11.91,0:29:18.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It comes from upstream from all the factories in Shenzhen.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:18.65,0:29:23.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is their waste that comes here.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:23.37,0:29:27.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You used to be able to see all the way to the bottom.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:27.77,0:29:31.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now you cannot see anything because of all the waste.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:31.14,0:29:35.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We used to bathe here. The water was very clean.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:35.06,0:29:40.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But now you cannot do that. See for yourself how dirty it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:40.42,0:29:42.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It stinks of death.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:42.86,0:29:45.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who is responsible for the environmental devastation
Dialogue: 0,0:29:45.48,0:29:47.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the poor working conditions that make possible
Dialogue: 0,0:29:47.81,0:29:51.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the cheap production of the things we buy?
Dialogue: 0,0:29:51.08,0:29:56.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are having more and more industries in the developing countries where there is cheap labour
Dialogue: 0,0:29:56.37,0:30:04.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and environmental rules are not that strict in the big companies who are trying to take advantage of that
Dialogue: 0,0:30:04.98,0:30:14.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they are not trying to take full responsibility to ensure that they don't pollute the area.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:14.78,0:30:21.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The main solution is that the companies think of their corporate responsibility to make sure that they don't pollute.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:21.73,0:30:31.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many people are ready to take responsibility for the environment
Dialogue: 0,0:30:31.30,0:30:35.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that toys are not produced by child workers.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:35.01,0:30:39.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But our customers and we noticed this when we were manufacturing in Sweden -
Dialogue: 0,0:30:39.73,0:30:46.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- the customers are not willing to pay the extra cost.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:46.56,0:30:56.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we sell the products in our shops, we are responsible for those products.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:56.65,0:31:03.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want the consumers to be aware
Dialogue: 0,0:31:03.26,0:31:09.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the workers have a hard time.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:09.60,0:31:13.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We pay for this with blood and sweat.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:13.90,0:31:18.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We toil and we sweat.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:18.45,0:31:22.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And at the same time the companies never make a loss.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:22.90,0:31:25.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I do not want you to stop buying
Dialogue: 0,0:31:25.78,0:31:30.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you should know about our difficult situation.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:30.76,0:31:34.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you have any suggestion for the factory?
Dialogue: 0,0:31:34.39,0:31:42.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We would like the management to be a bit more humane.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:42.15,0:31:45.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We would like better wages and shorter working hours.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:45.40,0:32:07.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when we work at night, we should not have to work so late.