bangladesh

Were Kate’s favourite dresses made in 6p an hour sweatshop?0
- INVESTIGATIONS
- July 17, 2011
Bangladeshi workers claim they are slaves to make dresses for brand favoured by Kate and Pippa Middleton Gethin Chamberlain, for The Sunday People, 17 July 2011 THE harrowing human cost of clothes that workers claim are made for one of Kate Middleton’s favourite high street shops is today exposed by The People. In an investigation
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Tesco and Sainsbury’s school uniforms made by workers paid 25p an hour 0
- INVESTIGATIONS, NEWS
- September 12, 2015
The Sunday Mirror investigates true cost of school kit. We have removed the names to protect the workers who spoke to us Gethin Chamberlain for The Sunday Mirror, 12 September 2015 Two of Britain’s top stores are selling school uniforms made by workers paid 25p an hour doing shifts that break employment laws. Tesco and
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Olympic brands caught up in abuse scandal 0
- INVESTIGATIONS
- March 3, 2012
While Adidas, Nike and Puma make millions out of the Games, their employees are claiming exploitation Gethin Chamberlain, for The Observer, 3 March 2012 Workers producing sportswear for Olympic sponsors Adidas, Nike and Puma are beaten, verbally abused, underpaid and overworked in Bangladeshi sweatshops, a shocking investigation has discovered. Workers for all three companies had been
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Russell Brand’s trendy tops made in Bangladesh 0
- ASIA, INVESTIGATIONS, WORLD
- June 6, 2015
Gethin Chamberlain for the Daily Mail with Lucy Osborne and Ian Drury, 5 June 2015 Millionaire comic sells £60 sweatshirts from workers earning just 25p an hour Comic claims sweatshirts are ‘screen printed and produced in the UK’ In fact label stitched into lining reveals they are made in Bangladesh Factory staff described working 11-hour shifts
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How can Lidl sell jeans for £5.99? Easy … pay people 23p an hour to make them 0
- COMMENT
- March 16, 2016
Gethin Chamberlain, for The Observer, 12 March 2016. Abracadabra! “Jean genie Lidl magics up £5.99 denims,” shouted the headline in a newspaper last weekend as it extolled the brilliance of the cut-price supermarket chain in once again undercutting its rivals. The German retailer, it explained, was continuing its assault on the traditional supermarket giants by targeting the
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