[1rudeboy]

Are you making stuff up? Did you confuse "commodity" with "community?" And what makes you think that an appliance is a commodity?

[jpsb]

		Company/Label	Factory in China	Wages Per Hour	Hours Per Week	Conditions
		Wal-Mart/Kathie Lee handbags	Liang Shi Handbag Factory	$0.13 to $0.23	60-70; 10-hr shifts 6-7 days a week	No factory fire exits; dirty, cramped dorms. 10 to a room; for 70 hours a week, warehouse workers earn $3.44; no benefits; no legal work contract; workers have never heard of a Code of Conduct
		Wal-Mart/Kathie Lee handbags	Ya Li Handbag, Ltd.	$0.18 to $0.28	60; plus overtime up to 16-hour shifts	Forced overtime-stiff fines for refusal; overtime premium of 2 1/2 cents an hour; some workers not paid 3-4 months; 12 to a dorm room; no benefits, no work contract; never heard of a Code of Conduct
		Wal-Mart/Kathie Lee	Li Wen Factory	$0.20 to $0.35	84; 12-hour shifts 7 days a week; mandatory 24-hour shifts during rush times	Forced overtime, severe fines for refusal to comply; no benefits, no overtime rate; no fire exits in dormitories; no work contract; workers have never heard of a Code of Conduct
		Wal-Mart	Tianjin Yuhua Garment Factory	$0.23	60	Wal-Mart is pulling out of this factory and other large publicly owned plants in the north to relocate its work to unregulated lower-wage privately owned sweatshops in the south of China
		Ann Taylor and Preview	Kang Yi Fashion Manufacturers	$0.14	96; 7 days a week 7 a.m. to midnight	Workers have never heard of a Code of Conduct; 6 to 10 workers in dorm rooms
		Ralph Lauren, Ellen Tracy/Linda Allard	Iris Fashions	$0.20	72-80; 12-to-15 hour shifts; 6 days a week	No union; workers paid a $0.06 an hour premium for overtime; paid $0.02 for each shirt collar sewn
		Esprit Label (Esprit Group)	You Li Fashion Factory	$0.13	93; 7:30 a.m. to midnight; 7 days a week	No overtime pay; no benefits; sometimes employees need to work 24-hour shifts; 6 to 8 people to a dorm room; dorm is dark and dirty; workers afraid; under constant surveillance; never heard of a corporate Code of Conduct
		Liz Claiborne and Bugle Boy	Shanghai Shirt 2d Factory	$0.25	66; 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.; 6 days a week	Employees fined if they don't work overtime; no union
		Liz Claiborne	Shanghai Jiang District Silk Fashions Ltd.	$0.28	60-70; 11.5-hour shift; 6 days a week
		J.C. Penney	Zhong Mei Garment	$0.18	78; 11-hour shifts; 7 days a week	No union; no benefits; workers have never heard of J.C. Penney Corporate Code of Conduct
		Kmart	Shanghai No.4 Shirt Factory	$0.28	70
		Cherokee Jeans	Meiming Garment Factory	$0.24	60-70	No benefits; workers have never heard of monitoring; 8 to a dorm room
		Sears	Tianjin Beifang Garment Factory	$0.28	60	Sears is pulling out to relocate its production in lower-wage, unregulated sweatshops in the south
		Structure/ The Limited	Aoda Garment Factory	$0.32	70	No union; 6 workers to a dorm room
		Nike Athletic Shoes	Wellco Factory	$0.16	77-84; 11 - to -12 hour shifts; 7 days a week	Workers fined if they refuse to work overtime; overtime rate not paid; hour shifts; most had no legal contract; humiliation, screaming, some corporal punishment; arbitrary fining of pregnant women and older (25 years old and up) women; fines if talking at work; approximately 10 children in the sewing section; most workers have never heard of Nike's Code of Conduct
		Nike and Adidas Athletic Shoes	Yue Yuen Factory	$0.19	60-84	Forced overtime, no overtime premium paid; excessive noise pollution, fumes in the factory; no worker had heard of Nike or Adidas Corporate Code of Conduct
		Adidas Garments	Tung Tat Garment Factory	$0.22	75-87.5; 12.5-hour Shifts; 6 or 7 days a week	Employees fired if late/resting/found talking; forced morning calisthenics; 8 workers to a dorm room

Source: "Company Profiles/Working Conditions: Factories in China Producing Goods for Export to the U.S.,"
"Made in China: Behind the Label," Charles Kernaghan of the National Labor Committee, March 1998. Wages are in U.S. dollars.