CHINA/TRUMP BUSINESS/TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA: “A worker with blood dripping from his head marked a low point in the tense, grinding life at a southeastern China factory used by Ivanka Trump and other fashion brands. An angry manager had hit him with the sharp end of a high-heeled shoe.
Workers from the factory, including one current and two former employees who spoke to The Associated Press, reported overtime that stretched past midnight, steep production quotas and crude verbal abuse at Ganzhou Huajian International Shoe City Co. They said beatings were not unheard of, but the shoe attack, which all three say they witnessed last year, was violent enough to stand out.
‘He was bleeding right from the middle of the head,’ the current worker said.
‘There was a lot of blood. He went to the factory’s nurse station, passing by me,’ said a second man, who said he quit his job at Huajian because of the long hours and low pay.
The three workers are the first people with direct knowledge of conditions at the Ganzhou factory to speak with the media. All three spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity, for fear of retribution or arrest.”
-Erika Kinetz, “Making Ivanka Trump shoes: Long hours, low pay and abuse,” The Washington Post online, June 28, 2017 07:48am