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.
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.
Yossarian
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