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Article

14 Jun 2009

Author:
Simon Parry in Indonesia & Dominic Herbert, News of the World [UK]

Sweat-shop labourers paid just £2 a day to churn out £49 England kit [Indonesia]

The World Cup shirts worn by England's multi-million pound soccer stars and tens of thousands of fans are made by slumdog workers paid just £2 a day in a secret sweat-shop in Indonesia...And the managers of the Taiwanese-owned factory were desperate to try to stop us seeing the real picture. First they ordered guards to stop us taking photographs, then demanded we delete all images of workers...An Umbro [part of Nike] spokesman told us: "We are committed to producing the England kit under fair working conditions. "Although Umbro does not own or operate the PT Tuntex factory, we are committed to working with contract factories that make our products to provide a fair working environment."