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RFA: Some Foreign Companies in China Alleged to Be “Sweatshops”

On December 3, 2012, Radio Free Asia published an article titled “Some Foreign Companies in China Are Alleged as ‘Sweatshops.’” According to a report released by “China Labor Watch,” a non-governmental organization with headquarters in New York City, Mattel company and other foreign enterprises in China have become “sweatshops.”  The article said that Mattel, the world’s largest toy manufacturer, has four factories in China. Its workers often have to work overtime, sometimes up to 113 overtime hours per month. This is considerably more than the overtime hours allowed by law.

Source: Radio Free Asia, December 3, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/nu-12032012155429.html