eBay UK Supports Child Labour
Yossarian | 31.08.2001 10:14
Just take a look at the eBay UK homepage, http://www.ebay.co.uk, under the Don't Miss section is a promotion in conjunction with Disney.
Disney's involvement in sweatshops has been well documented in the past, http://www.summersault.com/~agj/clr/alerts/disneysweatshopsinchina.html, and it would appear that eBay, by actively promoting a company such as Disney, supports such practices.
Even though Disney states that "a portion" of the money raised from this auction will go to charity, I contend that merely 1% could be seen as "a portion." With the opening auction price off USD700,000 (GBP498,000), such a large sum would go a long way amongst under paid and exploited sweat shop workers in the third world countries (Hong Kong and Haiti) where Disney produces their merchandise.
Disney's involvement in sweatshops has been well documented in the past, http://www.summersault.com/~agj/clr/alerts/disneysweatshopsinchina.html, and it would appear that eBay, by actively promoting a company such as Disney, supports such practices.
Even though Disney states that "a portion" of the money raised from this auction will go to charity, I contend that merely 1% could be seen as "a portion." With the opening auction price off USD700,000 (GBP498,000), such a large sum would go a long way amongst under paid and exploited sweat shop workers in the third world countries (Hong Kong and Haiti) where Disney produces their merchandise.
Yossarian
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