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المقال

1 ديسمبر 2010

الكاتب:
Labour Behind the Label & War on Want

[PDF] Taking Liberties: the story behind the UK high street

إظهار جميع الإشارات
...Our researchers found that [garment] workers in the Indian city of Gurgaon are subject to systematic exploitation, violence and repression, long and stressful working hours, casual employment relationships, and exclusion from the social rights, protection and benefits they should be entitled to. Workers spoke of living in a climate of fear and insecurity, where their everyday choices are limited by the contractors, factory owners, landlords, and authorities who control all aspects of their lives. These workers...make garments for some of the more well-respected brands on the UK high street. M&S, Debenhams, Arcadia group, Monsoon and NEXT were all named by workers as major buyers from the factories where they worked.