Join us for a free one-day workshop for educators at the Japanese American National Museum, hosted by the USC U.S.-China Institute and the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia. This workshop will include a guided tour of the beloved exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community, slated to close permanently in January 2025. Following the tour, learn strategies for engaging students in the primary source artifacts, images, and documents found in JANM’s vast collection and discover classroom-ready resources to support teaching and learning about the Japanese American experience.
Working Conditions and Factory Auditing in the Chinese Toy Industry
This hearing will examine allegations regarding working conditions at four Chinese toy manufacturers, what the toy industry is doing to audit factories in China and address reports of poor working conditions, and the effectiveness of private-sector auditing and business codes of conduct in China.
When:
December 11, 2014 10:30am to 12:00pm
Senator Sherrod Brown, Chairman and Representative
Christopher Smith, Cochairman
announce a hearing on
Working Conditions and Factory Auditing in the Chinese Toy Industry
The vast majority of toys bought and sold in the United States are made in China. In November, the labor rights NGO, China Labor Watch, issued a report alleging poor working conditions at four Chinese factories that manufacture toys for several major toy companies and retailers. This hearing will examine these allegations, what the toy industry is doing to audit factories in China and address reports of poor working conditions, and the effectiveness of private-sector auditing and business codes of conduct in China.
Witnesses:
Li Qiang, Executive Director and Founder, China Labor Watch
Harriet Mouchly-Weiss, Secretariat of ICTI CARE Foundation, Founder and Managing Partner of Strategy XXI Partners
Earl Brown, Labor and Employment Law Counsel and China Program Director, Solidarity Center, AFL-CIO
Brian Campbell, Director of Policy and Legal Programs, International Labor Rights Forum
This hearing will be webcast live here.
RSVP required for non-congressional staff. Email RVSP to deidre.jackson@mail.house.gov
Click here to download a copy of the Commission's full 2014 Annual Report.
The Congressional-Executive Commission on China, established by the U.S.-China Relations Act of 2000 as China prepared to enter the World Trade Organization, is mandated by law to monitor human rights, including worker rights, and the development of the rule of law in China. The Commission by mandate also maintains a database of information on political prisoners in China-individuals who have been imprisoned by the Chinese government for exercising their civil and political rights under China's Constitution and laws or under China's international human rights obligations. All of the Commission's reporting and its Political Prisoner Database are available to the public online via the Commission's Web site, http://www.cecc.gov.
Phone Number:
(202) 226-8000
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