China Photo Captions:
[Timberland]
02 Timberland shoes are also produced at the Maystar Footwear factory.
[Timberland Pou Yen]
03 Timberland – Pou Yen Factory #5
[Pou Yen / New Balance]
04 New Balance factory at Pou Yen
[Back Near RCA section]
[Toward the back]
[Nike/Sewon Factory Section: 3 px]
10: Sewon Factory. Nike Contractor in Northern China
11: Sewon Factory. Nike Contractor in Northern China
12: Sewon Factory. Nike Contractor in Northern China
[FUBU]
13: Fubu sneaker factory in China. Note the guard towers.
14: High walls and guard towers surround the Tae-kyung factory where Fubu sneakers are made.
[Shoe Section—anywhere]
[Spiegel section]
16: Factory building where Spiegel was being made.
17: Making boilers in China. Skilled workers earn 56 cents an hour.
18: Making boilers in China. Skilled workers earn 56 cents an hour.
[Alpine]
19: Alpine car stereos being made for 35 cents an hour.
[Keds Made in China/Kunshan Sun Hwa Factory]
20: 16-year-olds put toxic glue onto Keds sneakers with their bare hands.
21: At the Kunshan Sun Hwa Factory.
22: Workers making Ked’s at Kunshan Sun Hwa Factory.
23: Workers making Ked’s at Kunshan Sun Hwa Factory.
24: Workers making Ked’s at Kunshan Sun Hwa Factory.
25: Workers making Ked’s at Kunshan Sun Hwa Factory.
26: Workers making Ked’s at Kunshan Sun Hwa Factory.
27: Workers making Ked’s at Kunshan Sun Hwa Factory.
28: Workers making Ked’s at Kunshan Sun Hwa Factory.
29: At the end of the day, workers must leave Ked’s factory in single file.
30: All the factory workers can afford is a bike.
31: Production of Ked’s sneakers at Kunshan Sun Hwa Factory.
[Dorm section—early in report]
32 Workers use iron bars to dry their clothing.
33: Iron bars cover dorm windows
35: Worker dormitories. Workers hang sheets for privacy.
36: Workers’ dorms. 9-12 people share one room, sleeping on bunk beds. Shenzhen.
37: Workers must store their few possessions in their small bunk space.
41: Work in his bunk after a 16-hour shift.
[Toward the back]
42: Containers on their way to the U.S.
CD: PH#2 COMING SOON
43: Want Ad: “Urgently Wanted: Assembly Workers--many, female, assembly of handbags, related experienced prefered, will consider good quality workers if not experienced.”
44: Want Ad: Ten general electronic workers: female, under 24, experienced, good in handling electronic parts, 3-month trial period, meals and dwelling included, discuss income upon interview…
[Lizhan/New Balance]
45 (no caption)
46<> New Balance / Lizhan factory workers in blue uniforms cue up to enter the factory. Note the SA8000 banner “Fully implement SA8000 Accountability Management System”
47 (no caption)
[Freetrend / New Balance]
48 Desperate for work – Many seek employment at the Freetrend factory.
49 New factory construction at Freetrend. In China, construction workers are paid 18 cents an hour and ork 12 hour shifts, seven days a week.
[Lizhan/New Balance]
50 Looking for work at the Lizhan factory. With an estimated 250 million redundant agricultural workers in china rural provinces, many seek factory work in the South.
51 K-Swiss at Lizhan factory. Also not the SA8000 banner.
52
[Lizhan/New Balance]
53 Lizhan Factory / New Balance Want Ad. “Recruitment Notice: In order to fulfill production demands our factory must now recruit a largenumber of workers and supervisors in the cutting, stitching and shaping sections. Requirements:
1)<> Female only
2)<> Age 18 – 25
3)<> Healthy
Skilled ones will be preferable. Please bring necessary documents to enroll and join the interviews!
