October 11, 2006

Report claims Tesco clothes made by children

The Guardian, The Independent, and Channel 4 News  |  Link to article

While Tesco vigorously denies the following claims, they stopped contracting with the supplier involved with the report. "Children as young as 12 have been making clothes for Tesco's own-brand ranges in factories in Bangladesh, according to a report rejected by the supermarket giant."
 
"Tesco denies child labour claims." The Guardian. 11 Oct 2006.

 "One alleged child worker from a Harvest Rich factory said: 'I am 12-years-old. I said I was 11-and-a-half and they took me in. In the whole of Harvest Rich there are 200 to 300 child workers.'"


"Tesco clothes 'made by child workers in Asia'." The Independent. 11 Oct 2006.

"Secretly filmed footage captures Tesco's own label clothes being manufactured by workers, who look clearly under 15, in four factories owned by suppliers to Britain's biggest retailer."

"Child labour making Tesco clothes." Channel 4 News. 10 Oct 2006.