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Gap Stops Production of Shirts Produced in Sweatshop
Saturday 03rd of November 2007 12:44:13 AM
After US retailer Gap discovered that some of their children's wear was manufactured in a sweatshop in India that employed children under the age of 14, they stopped the order and recalled all the shirts. An investigation was later launched in India and the factory was shut down. All of this came about after an article about the sweatshop was published in the UK newspaper 'The Observer'."As soon as we were alerted to this situation, we stopped the work order and prevented the product from being sold in stores. While violations of our strict prohibition on child labour in factories that produce product for the company are extremely rare, we have called an urgent meeting with our suppliers in the region to reinforce our policies," said Marka Hansen, president of Gap North America, in a statement.
When the raid occurred on the sweatshop, children as young as ten were found working there. While some were sewing, others were practicing their embroidery skills on women's saris. Some of the children worked as much as 15 days without pay and in terrible working conditions.
According to Gap, the work done in the sweatshop was unauthorized as the factory was not under contract with the company. Gap has contracts with 200 factories in India. "Under absolutely no circumstance is it acceptable for children to produce or work on garments. It's a non-negotiable for us," said Gap's senior vice-president for social responsibility Dan Henkle in a statement.
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