working TV #133 December 25 1998 � Slim Evans 1998
Holidays With A
Conscience - Pt. 2
working TV #133, RT: 27:30,
first broadcast scheduled for December 25 1998
Shopping for holiday gifts? Tips on where to shop . . . and where not.
This week in Part 2 of our series we feature Zoned for Slavery: The Child Behind the Label,
a powerful video on the children who make garments for the North American market in Latin-America's maquiladora zones.
Still from Zoned for Slavery: The Child Behind the Label: 15 year old girl sewing garments for "The Gap" in a Honduran maquila factory run by Koreans. Maquila operators say they prefer to hire girls of this age because their hand-eye co-ordination is at its peak.
Honduran girls going to work in the morning at a maquila producing garments for "the Gap". They work long shifts, 6 days a week, for pennies an hour. They can't go to school and have to take birth control pills.
Industrial park in Honduras with several "Maquiladora" or free trade zone factories.
Armed guards close gate at maquila to keep media out. In these free trade zones there are no inspections of labour or safety standards. Zoned for Slavery: The Child Behind the Label is available from: The National Labour Committee In Support of Worker and Human Rights
Ph: 212 242 3002
Web: www.nlcnet.org
Also in this program, a look at the lock-out of BC Projectionists by Famous Players theatres.
working TV #133 December 25 1998 � Slim Evans 1998
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