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Article

1 Dec 2008

Author:
Khorshed Alam, Seb Klier & Simon McRae, War on Want

[PDF] Fashion victims II: How UK clothing retailers are keeping workers in poverty

This report is a follow-up to War on Want’s…[2006] report on the Bangladeshi garment industry…It again focuses on garment factories producing clothes for Primark [part of Associated British Foods], Tesco and Asda [part of Wal-Mart]…[T]his report shows how UK retailers have still not improved the conditions in their supplier factories…Workers in Bangladesh continue to receive wages that are well below the cost of living…They still work gruelling hours…and continue to suffer harassment and intimidation…Meanwhile, efforts to form trade unions have been frustrated…[T]he UK government must enact legislation so that those overseas workers who supply UK companies and suffer from exploitation can seek legal redress in the UK...