According to a report provided by ILO, there are over 21 million people trapped in modern day slavery. ILO states that “Labor trafficking is the movement of persons for the purpose of forced labor and services”; which includes child trafficking victims. Both MNCs like Nike and Gap had been caught using sweatshops that uses trafficked children in the 1990s.
1. NIKE INC.
In 1970, Nike was accused for using sweatshops in producing its shoes, clothing and sport equipment. Nike is produced in China, Taiwan, Vietnam with cheaper labour fees, where sweatshop workers were local people living in poverty, looking for some sort of income, or were trafficked and sold into the factories, working for $1.25 a day. However, Nike Director Todd Mc'Kean when …show more content…
The code of conduct starting from 1990 was called SHAPE; “Safety, Health, Attitude, People, and Environment”. Nike later on created a NGO called Global Alliance for Workers and Communities that reports on current situation and plans to improve the sweatshop and horrible working sites and factories of Nike. From 2002 to 2004, Nike graded its factories of their working conditions. If the working condition was a ‘D’, Nike would threaten to stop producing in that factory unless conditions improve. Nike would also monitor its factories and producers to ensure they are not abusing their employees and providing a suitable working environment.
2. KYE
KYE is a Chinese supplier that was caught using child labour by the National Labor Committee in 2010. There are nearly a thousand “work study” students, most of which is below age 15. They would have to world 15 hours a day, seven days a week, paying 65 cents per hour. The working conditions are on average 32 degree Celsius with no air-conditioning, talking and music were not allowed, o shower but a bucket of water with sponges and in each dorm there lived 14 workers. Security guards were often reported for sexual harassment.
KYE is an electronic supplier for Microsoft, Xbox, HP, and other electronics companies. Other large MNCs like Apple and Nokia have also admitted for using suppliers that uses …show more content…
One such example is that according to CNN, around 4% of Canada’s population is indigenous, but over 50% of the human trafficking victims in Canada is Indigenous.
1. INUIT
Helen Roos, a Canadian consultant that wrote a 159-page report in November 2013, stated that “Inuit families sell their babies online, pimp out their daughters and turn a blind eye to human trafficking.” (Helen Roos, 2013) Violence against indigenous women has always common in Canada; the country's Native Women's Association has documented over official 580 cases of missing and murdered aboriginal women for the past 30
1. NIKE INC.
In 1970, Nike was accused for using sweatshops in producing its shoes, clothing and sport equipment. Nike is produced in China, Taiwan, Vietnam with cheaper labour fees, where sweatshop workers were local people living in poverty, looking for some sort of income, or were trafficked and sold into the factories, working for $1.25 a day. However, Nike Director Todd Mc'Kean when …show more content…
The code of conduct starting from 1990 was called SHAPE; “Safety, Health, Attitude, People, and Environment”. Nike later on created a NGO called Global Alliance for Workers and Communities that reports on current situation and plans to improve the sweatshop and horrible working sites and factories of Nike. From 2002 to 2004, Nike graded its factories of their working conditions. If the working condition was a ‘D’, Nike would threaten to stop producing in that factory unless conditions improve. Nike would also monitor its factories and producers to ensure they are not abusing their employees and providing a suitable working environment.
2. KYE
KYE is a Chinese supplier that was caught using child labour by the National Labor Committee in 2010. There are nearly a thousand “work study” students, most of which is below age 15. They would have to world 15 hours a day, seven days a week, paying 65 cents per hour. The working conditions are on average 32 degree Celsius with no air-conditioning, talking and music were not allowed, o shower but a bucket of water with sponges and in each dorm there lived 14 workers. Security guards were often reported for sexual harassment.
KYE is an electronic supplier for Microsoft, Xbox, HP, and other electronics companies. Other large MNCs like Apple and Nokia have also admitted for using suppliers that uses …show more content…
One such example is that according to CNN, around 4% of Canada’s population is indigenous, but over 50% of the human trafficking victims in Canada is Indigenous.
1. INUIT
Helen Roos, a Canadian consultant that wrote a 159-page report in November 2013, stated that “Inuit families sell their babies online, pimp out their daughters and turn a blind eye to human trafficking.” (Helen Roos, 2013) Violence against indigenous women has always common in Canada; the country's Native Women's Association has documented over official 580 cases of missing and murdered aboriginal women for the past 30