Often sub-contractors produce the toys. Typically, the sub-contractor's head office is in Hong Kong and the production takes place in factories in China and elsewhere. The Real Cost of Toys Thousands of young women work for long hours in dangerous conditions in Asian toy factories. It is difficult for workers to speak out because free trade unions are banned or severely restricted. Workers have died in factory fires simply because exists were blocked and windows barred.
Many workers live in overcrowded dormitories above the factory.
Safe Toys, Safe Factories Toy companies have taken steps to ensure that toys are safe for consumers' children. It is time for them to make sure that toy factories are safe for their workers. The international toy campaign is not calling for a boycott. Toy workers need their jobs. The campaign is calling for improvements for toy workers.