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Ivanka Trump Criticized Over Chinese Factories Allegedly Paying $1 an Hour

  • China Labor Watch is investigating plants making her products
  • Group says workers face long hours without overtime pay
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Ivanka Trump: The Quiet Power Behind the President

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Ivanka Trump’s apparel brand is facing criticism from a labor-rights group for relying on Chinese factories that it says force some employees to work long shifts at the equivalent of about a dollar an hour.

The nonprofit organization China Labor Watch said it investigated two Chinese factories that produce goods for Ivanka Trump’s brand. It then shared its findings in a letter sent to the first daughter, saying employees are forced to work at least 12 1/2 hours a day and at least six days a week -- at a monthly salary of about 2,500 yuan ($363).