Child Labor is Back

Children sewing clothing for Hanes, Wal-Mart, J.C. Penney and Puma at the Harvest Rich factory in Bangladesh.

Original NLC Report
October 2006

Women's Wear Daily, October 26, 2006: "Advocacy Group Finds Violations at Bangladesh Apparel Factory."  

Winston-Salem Journal, October 27, 2006: "Hanes Gets Child-Labor Report"

Sewing for Tesco

Additional Interviews
September 1, 2006

The Disappearing Child Workers

The companies say these aren't children, but rather "malnourished adults."

NLC Update Report
November 28, 2006

Train Wreck for Corporate Monitoring

Harvest Rich: An example of how corporate monitoring and voluntary codes of conduct do not work.

NLC Report
December 2006

 

Child Labor at the Harvest Rich Factory

The companies are still claiming there never was child labor at the factory.

NLC Update Report
December 2006

Winston-Salem Journal, December 6, 2006: "Hanesbrands Ends Vendor's Contract for Pay Violations" 

Women's Wear Daily, December 7, 2006: "Hanesbrands Cuts Factory After Abuses"