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In 2008, the French non-governmental organisation Peuples Solidaires published a Report on toy production in China called "CHINE - BIENVENUE DANS LE MONDE (PAS SI) MERVEILLEUX DE DISNEY". Simultaneously the French NGO launched a campaign to raise awareness about the working conditions in Disney toy factories in China. According to Peuple Solidaire organisation, Disney is one of the world largest group for entertainment but when it comes to working conditions of Chinese in toy factories, there is no illusion about entertainement but, on the contrary - it seems like a nightmare.


Moreover, in the campain it says that the reports on toy production, written by SACOM (Students and Scolars agains corporate misbehaviour - Chinese organisation), clearly show the existence of basic violation of rights such as: wages below the guaranteed minimum, forced non-renumerated leave days, extremely long working hours (12h to 18h) and non-renumerated extra hours, no possibility of voluntary resignation, hygienic and safety problems, brutal methods and harassment, etc.

Just as an example, to give more "colour" to wages of chinese workers in the toy industry, in France a guaranteed daily minimum is 50 EUR net, while in China the daily average pay is 3,5 EUR - and the majority of workers are women.

It will be interesting to see if this campaign will have some positive and genuine impact (not only "cosmetic") in the Code of Conduct (social responsibilty and ethics) of Disney and other mega toy producers.