Speedo is the top selling and best-known swimwear brand in the world and was an official sponsor of the 2008 Olympic Games in China but workers in China producing Speedo sporting goods are under abusive treatment. One worker said “what lies in front of us is a blanket of darkness. We have no hope.” Workers producing Speedo products were forced to work overtime during peak season. This can last up to nine months with a routine 14 hour shifts a day from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. seven days a week. Some employees went several months without a day off. Overtime is mandatory and there are sometimes 15 and 17 hours shifts in a day. There is a required 44 overtime hours per week which exceeds Chinas legal limit on overtime by 430 percent. One worker was forced to work a 23 hour shift at a molding machine where he actually shed tears because of the exhaustion he endured. He was terrified to stop for if he did his hands could be possibly crushed by the motion of the machine.
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