KOToys (although not affiliated with or a part of) would like to give special thanks to the following parties:
Anonymous
globallabourrights.org
"Were we so different? They're a young species. They have much to learn. But I've seen goodness in them. Freedom is the right of all sentient beings. You all know there's only one way to end this war: we must destroy the Cube." PRIME
Prime is talking about our perspective - the cube or Box that we are stuck in - start thinking Out of the Cube!
Can you assemble a DIY Kit in 9 minutes?
Because the 14 year old assembling your blow toys needs to. according to GlobalLabourRights.org
"The Jet Fair sweatshop in China produces [TF]. I challenge [the] executives to imagine their own sons and daughters working under such miserable sweatshop conditions, said Institute director Charles Kernaghan. It does not have to be this way. " - www.globallabourrights.org/alerts?id=0369
"[Blow] is also exploring the benefits of gainfully employing 14 and 15 year-olds to make their toys in developing countries. According to [Blow]'s "Global Business Ethics Principles": "Workers under sixteen may be considered on a case-by-case basis when hired in accord with International Labor Organization Convention 138." - http://www.globallabourrights.org/reports?id=0642
This is the most sickening part of the report in our opinion. We love children and never want to see children suffer. To know that we enjoyed products that 14 year old children could have suffered for is a horrible feeling. Nice people come to china to help and teach children, not use them for labor.
"I never believed there was one code of morality for a public and another for a private man." - Thomas Jefferson
From DHY:
"Please read the report on the Hasbro affiliated Jet Fair factory here:
http://www.globallabourrights.org/admin/reports/files/Holidays-by-Hasbro.pdf"
Tell them we care about people, we care about life, we care about equality and freedom.
Tell them we believe in the ethics and morals of Optimus Prime - unlike the hypocricy of the very company in control of him.
Remember in addition to the photos: There is much we do not see. The employees are not allowed to bring in cell phones, cameras or anything that is not approved. They have no recourse if they are being exploited or abused.
Here is another news report on the abuse of workers
