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Asda falls behind rivals on garment workers' pay
Asda [part of Wal-Mart] has a lamentable record of paying poverty-level wages to workers in poor countries who make its clothes and is trailing behind its competitors such as M&S and Primark [part of Associated British Foods], a new report by ActionAid revealed today…An internal Asda survey, obtained by ActionAid, shows that even in Bangladesh where Asda is trying to improve wages, employees in its factories are earning just a quarter of the amount they need to properly feed, clothe and educate their families…Asda could afford to pay a living wage without increasing prices for the consumer…