Ocean PacificOcean Pacific
Ocean pacific is made in China and in Ocean pacific is made in China and in IndonesiaIndonesia
Wal-MartWal-Mart As I was doing my research there wasn’t many As I was doing my research there wasn’t many
things about Ocean Pacific but it did bring me to things about Ocean Pacific but it did bring me to Wal-Mart.Wal-Mart.
I found out that Wal-Mart’s suppliers were caught I found out that Wal-Mart’s suppliers were caught more than once violating labor and human rights more than once violating labor and human rights my using sweatshop labormy using sweatshop labor
Sweatshop labor is when employees are not being Sweatshop labor is when employees are not being treated right, don’t have equal rights at their job, treated right, don’t have equal rights at their job, work too many hours and don’t get paid enoughwork too many hours and don’t get paid enough
BangladeshBangladesh The Bangladeshi Garment Plant Harvest Rich, employed The Bangladeshi Garment Plant Harvest Rich, employed
about 200 to 300 children to sew clothes for puma, JC about 200 to 300 children to sew clothes for puma, JC Penny, Wal-Mart, and HanesPenny, Wal-Mart, and Hanes
On October of 2006, The National Labor Committee On October of 2006, The National Labor Committee reported children being beaten, suffering from exhaustions, reported children being beaten, suffering from exhaustions, working mandatory hours a day, and being paid as little as working mandatory hours a day, and being paid as little as 6 ½ cents an hour but more than 100 child workers were 6 ½ cents an hour but more than 100 child workers were firedfired
National Labor CommitteeNational Labor Committee
The NLC is demanding U.S companies sourcing The NLC is demanding U.S companies sourcing from the factory to supply each fired child worker from the factory to supply each fired child worker with a monthly payment to release stress on their with a monthly payment to release stress on their families and cover essential school expenses for families and cover essential school expenses for text books, supplies, uniforms, and shoes so the text books, supplies, uniforms, and shoes so the children may return to schoolchildren may return to school
Go GreenGo Green People are trying to shop with Go Green to People are trying to shop with Go Green to
pressure Wal-Mart to reduce its environmental pressure Wal-Mart to reduce its environmental impact and so they can respect it’s workers. impact and so they can respect it’s workers.
Go Green means shopping locally at hardware Go Green means shopping locally at hardware stores/ house ware stores that offer low pricesstores/ house ware stores that offer low prices
CitationsCitations http://www.oceanpacific.comhttp://www.oceanpacific.com http://www.walmart.com/cp/op/961919http://www.walmart.com/cp/op/961919 http://www.walmart.com/browse/juniors/op/_/N-34elzzyztr72?http://www.walmart.com/browse/juniors/op/_/N-34elzzyztr72?
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