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Article

14 Sep 2007

Author:
Karen McVeigh, Guardian [UK]

Top fashion brands accused over failure to ensure living wage [UK]

Some of the biggest fashion brands in the high street…are failing to accept the need for overseas garment workers to be paid a "living wage" by their suppliers…a report published [by War on Want and Labour Behind the Label] claims…Gap, New Look and Next are named as retailers with "genuine plans" to address the need for better wages...[article includes response statements by Mothercare, Matalan, Arcadia, M&S, Tesco, H&M. Also refers to Primark (part of Associated British Foods), Evans, Wallis, Dorothy Perkins]