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29 Jun 2007

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MarketWatch

Kohl's pulls Daisy Fuentes clothing over sweatshop allegations [USA]

Kohl's Corp. removed some lines of its Daisy Fuentes clothing brand following allegations that the Guatemalan factory where the clothes are made is a sweatshop, where workers are humiliated and forced to work unpaid overtime. The National Labor Committee...issued a report after learning of complaints by workers at the Fribo factory in...Guatemala... Kohl's has asked P.A. Group [their supplier] to look at fixing worker conditions there...P.A. Group...said it was concerned about the allegations, is investigating and hopes to convince the owner...to improve conditions... A message left for Fuentes' representative was not immediately returned... The women described working in hot factories with little access to drinking water, toilet paper or soap in bathrooms and being humiliated by management...