It's what some expected, some feared and most would like not to know. Major British clothes retailers (and therefore almost certainly this applies to North American retailers and the rest of the EU) have had their supply chains investigated and ... "wages paid to garment workers were as low as £1.13 for a nine-hour day. This fails to meet their basic needs, according to factory workers and Indian unions and so falls below the minimum international labour standards promised by the Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI), a code of conduct which sets out basic rights for employees across the supply chain. Marks & Spencer is a member of the ETI, as are Mothercare, Gap and Primark."
To find the report and the organisations behind it visit here.
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