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Article

4 Apr 2009

Author:
BBC News [UK]

Models stage 'sweatshop' protest [UK]

…Campaign group No Sweat staged the protest outside Primark's [part of Associated British Foods] flagship store urging "decent working conditions and a living wage" for garment workers… Mick Duncan, the secretary of No Sweat…said: "We don't want them to walk away - we want them to take responsibility for their workers and make sure their conditions are improved. "No Sweat isn't calling on consumers to boycott chains like Primark, but instead to put pressure on them to clean up their act..."… But a Primark spokeswoman said the company had insisted that many factories improved their labour standards…She said: "Ethical business practices are at the top of Primark's agenda…”