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Article

10 Aug 2009

Author:
Dana Weiler-Polak, Haaretz [Israel]

Report: Israeli businessmen running sweatshop in Jordan

…Two Israeli entrepreneurs run a sweatshop in Jordan that produces clothes for leading Israeli brands such as Irit, Bonita, Jump and Pashut, Haaretz has learned…The National Labor Committee...has released a report accusing the Musa Garments factory in Jordan of employing workers under inhuman conditions, and charges the company with "human trafficking, abuse, forced overtime, primitive dorm conditions, imprisonment and forcible deportations of foreign guest workers."… the [owners] are Jack Braun and Moshe Cohen from Tel Aviv…Jack Braun claims..."The report is a total lie,"...Bonita's management said they do not work with the company...[O]ne of the owners of Pashut, said: "…I have never been there, and I do not know who receives the work, so it is hard for me to discuss the claims." Irit and Jump chose not to comment.

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