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Article

7 Feb 2013

Author:
Tim Smedley, Guardian [UK]

Unilever's labour practices in Vietnam found wanting by Oxfam report - Unilever pledges to improve operations after Oxfam uncovers wage and union problems in Vietnam factory

A new report that reveals evidence of poor labour practices in Unilever's operations in Vietnam between 2011 and 2012 is the latest in a long line of collaborations between Oxfam and the food and consumer goods manufacturer...Oxfam researchers were given access to the factory at Cu Chi, near Ho Chi Minh city, where 700 workers were directly employed by Unilever and 800 more were employed by Thang Loi, a third party labour provider..."We were quite disappointed about the outcome of the Oxfam report," said Pier Luigi Sigismondi, Unilever's global supply chain chief. "Frankly speaking, the assumption that [global operations] would understand our code and that they would comply 100% was a wrong assumption."