BEIJING - Backpacks, caps and other licensed products for the 2008 Beijing Olympics are being made in Chinese factories that use child labor and force employees to work long hours for less than minimum wage, a report released Sunday said.
The report, compiled by PlayFair 2008 - an alliance of global trade unions and labor groups - identified four factories that it says are abusing Chinese and international labor standards to produce Olympics-licensed products.
The findings are likely to prove embarrassing to organizers of the 2008 Olympics and the International Olympic Committee. The communist government wants to use the Beijing Games to project a positive image of China, …
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