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Title: McDonald's overworked toy makers - in Vietnam

Consumer Interest: Labor Issues (change)

At the Keyhinge Toys Vietnam Co Ltd factory in Vietnam, which manufactures McDonald's Happy Meal toys, Vietnamese laborers went on strike for two days to protest their unfair labor conditions, including 12-hour work shifts without overtime pay, monetary penalties for mundane actions like using the toilet, and verbal abuse by their overseers. The factory employs almsot 10,000 workers, ALL of whom walked out in protest. McDonald's company responded to settle the situation, but would not address any specific allegations.

Quoting CoopAmerica http://www.coopamerica.org/programs/responsibleshopper/http://www.coopamerica.org/programs/responsibleshopper/company.cfm?id=266

Author: Punkwithpanache

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