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Report: Kardashians Accused Of Using Sweatshops To Create Products
Posted on Wed Dec 21, 2011 08:05 AM PDT
The Kardashian family and their successful clothing brand are under fire with accusations that products were created in foreign sweatshops using child labor, according to Star.
Star's report claims some of the workers are as young as sixteen years old and are being abused and imprisoned against their will.
The Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights tells Star:
- "The Kardashians are in bed with some pretty bad people. Not only are celebrities like the Kardashians taking advantage of these workers, they are holding hands with a government that spits on democracy and women's rights."
Workers spend seven-days-a-week making the products in "squalid factory-run dormitories filled with the stench of sewage," according to the report.
The Kardashians earned a reported $65 million last year. They have yet to issue a statement regarding these claims of what's being described as "slave labor."
Do you think the Kardashians are capable of these claims?
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Comments
these scumbags are bad news, BOYCOTT everything with that infamous last name on it
No shit...
Anybody surprised?
I am not a fan of the Kardashians BUT HOW Can They Know that this Chinese Factory is Abusing
their workers . This Factory is Under The COMMUNIST CHINA RULE and ,Therefore , the CHINA Should Shouls Receive The Blame NOT The Kardashians for these factory worker conditions. There is a Tight Rule in China and the Kardashians (probably) were not allowed in the factory .
WOW! This is ONE of the many reasons why these creatures are TRASH. Anyone who continues providing their income to rise is insane. I have never and will never provide the KarTRASHians any ratings or money from buying their products. To those who think these people are "cool"....STOP supporting them! Please. Make it so they are forced to go away! They are NOT good people.
It's the Kardashians responsiblity to know where their products are coming from.... shame on them boycott their products
@11.34 is right.
KUNTrashians are an embarrassment to humanity but they are not to blame for something like this.
tons of goods you buy (walmart products, apple ipads etc) have been tied to sweatshops etc in china.
The Kardashian Family = No Morals, No Class, No talent. BOYCOTT! Seacrest needs to produce something worth while. Nothing but fake phony BS!
Communist China is notorious for that.,,The K's need to fix that quick.
China and its factories are accessibe to westerners.
The sweatshop conditions exist with the full knowledge of the Kardashians.
No excuses !!
Exploitation of others is what this family does best.
Hahahaha! Eat that publicity Kardashian.
I've been in the factories in China and you definitely know if the factory is employing child workers -its called a FACTORY AUDIT by an independent 3rd party inspector. If they had taken the time its quite inexpensive - I'm a small business owner and I could afford it. The inspect with no warning to the factory.
If this is the case - they would certainly know - lots of people deal with China - its not that hard to regulate.
Trannylicious!
The Kardashian's don't care if slave worker children suffer to make their junk products as long as the money keeps flowing into their bank accounts.
Mamma pimp Kris Jenner likes slave labor because they work cheap. Kris J. is only concerned with turning a profit.
After reading this the Kardashian's will deny knowledge of this story and go into damage control, because they don't want to lose profits.
They'll deny it, get a back drop in some studio in Hollywood, say they are Haiti and everybody that is dumb enough to support these people will believe them. Go to Spain with Paris! NO MORE KARDASHIAN'S PLEASE!!!
The backlash is in full effect! The world has turned on the family of famewhores lets all watch.
"Posted by: Its CHINA 's Fault Not Kardashians "
Nonsense. There are plenty of able bodies here in the U.S. where we have strict laws against such abuses. But of course human rights comes at a premium here and the Kardashians are more concerned about their own profits to concern themselves with such novelties.
all for the money!
doesn't surprise me!
I LOVED how Chris put it to her..."in five years no one will know your name" Two years ago you were a clerk in a store" LMAO That mom is the EPITOMY of using your kids for gain...sorry human being she is and treats BRUCE like yesterdays trash!
boycott e channel and ryan seacrest
boycott e channel and ryan seacrest
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Made in America = NO PROFITS. Children work for much less. Good business sense. Yay!
Welcome to the real world people...where do you think most of your things from?? All your department stores are chock full of products made in China and India!
Be realistic, don't you realize they hide the child workers from the westerners during their visits? Trust me they do, I have walked through many a factory over there. How many of you making quick judgement of the Kardashians have visited these types of factories?
Also this notion of the poor Chinese who work 7 days a week non stop is crap. Yes, in their country they work through the weekends but they do take one to two days off a month for factory close down. In addition to this they have the most ridiculous amount of public holidays each year (trust me I have spent the last two years planning around when the factories aren't closed) and they generally take the whole of February off for Chinese New Year. Did I mention also their two to three hour lunch breaks?
I by no means could live that way but this is their country, their culture, their work ethic and not the fault of the Kardashians. It is also the reason they are quickly rising to become possibly the new economic super power. Don't be fooled, they have their heads screwed on and they are increasing the wages, cost of fabric, production etc at an exorbitant rate with every day that passes.
Last time I heard many of you Americans only get approx one week off a year. THAT to me seems like slave labour!