UK: NHS buys 88.5million gloves manufactured in Malaysia from firm linked previously to forced labour allegations

"Coronavirus: Supermax's 88.5m gloves bought for NHS", 27 March 2020

A company's entire stock of 88.5 million medical gloves has been bought by the government for use by NHS staff during the coronavirus outbreak.

Supermax, based in Peterborough, said it was approached for the disposable gloves last week by the Department of Health and Social Care...

The... latex and vinyl gloves... are made in Malaysia...

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UK: NHS buys 88.5million gloves manufactured in Malaysia from firm linked previously to forced labour allegations

Sequenza temporale

‘A bad dream’: Nepalis who made UK’s PPE speak out on claims of abusive working conditions

Malaysia: Supermax releases statement on policy to expand remediation scope to include former direct hire & contract workers

Glove company under US ban to reimburse its workers

UK investigates supplier of NHS PPE over alleged use of forced labour

Malaysia: Glovemaker Supermax says it is committed to combat forced labour amid US CBP investigations

Malaysia: Hidden cameras reveal poor working & living conditions at Top Glove factory, fuelling forced labour concerns in glove industry; incl. company comments

Malaysia: Gov’t moves to close 28 Top Glove factories as COVID-19 infections linked to operations reach 2,524

Malaysian rubber glove makers pay migrant workers for recruitment fees after the U.S. halted importation of gloves over forced labor claims

Denmark: Rubber gloves imported from Malaysia amid concerns over forced labour & US import ban

USA: Dep't of Labor adds Malaysian rubber gloves to list of forced labour-produced goods following revelations of migrant worker abuse

Australia: Rubber gloves imported from Malaysia could be linked to forced labour

USA: Customs and Border Protection bars imports from Malaysian manufacturer Top Glove over forced labour issues

Malaysia: Investigation reveals migrant workers producing PPE for NHS hospitals exposed to abusive labour practices & Covid-19 risk as employer Top Glove triples profits

Top Glove accused of underpaying & deceiving Malaysian factory workers in bid to meet global rubber glove demands amid COVID-19

UK: Govt. urged to avoid medical gloves made by migrant workers in Malaysia subject to forced labour & exploitation

Commentary: Migrant workers in Malaysia meeting global demand for medical gloves are at risk of forced labour, exploitation & infection

Malaysia: Rubber glove maker linked to forced labour allegations sees rise in orders from Europe & US as result of COVID-19 outbreak

UK: NHS buys 88.5million gloves manufactured in Malaysia from firm linked previously to forced labour allegations

USA lifts ban on Malaysian medical glovemaker amid COVID-19 demand; activist warns forced labour likely 'still rife'

Malaysia: Major rubber glove exporters linked to forced labour allegations; Includes company comments