Chinese Maker of Ivanka Trumps Shoes Looks for Cheaper Labor
Source: nytimes
By KEITH BRADSHER JUNE 1, 2017
DONGGUAN, China The Chinese factory workers who make shoes for Ivanka Trump and other designers gather at 7:40 every morning to sing songs.
Sometimes, they extol worker solidarity. Usually, they trumpet ties between China and Africa, the theme of their employers corporate anthem.
Thats no accident. With many workers here complaining about excessive hours and seeking higher pay, the factory owner wants to send their jobs to Ethiopia.
The employer, Huajian International, now faces scrutiny from labor activists for how it treats workers. Chinese authorities this week detained an activist who went undercover in the companys factory here for a labor rights group. Two other activists who worked at Huajian are missing; its unclear whether they were detained.
The activists focus on Huajians factories points to changing labor conditions in China as manufacturers try to get more work out of an increasingly expensive labor pool.....................
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