Clothes made for the brands could be impounded by US officials following i's investigation, as senior congresswoman warns of 'extremely serious' case
Clothes made for the brands could be impounded by US officials following i's investigation, as senior congresswoman warns of 'extremely serious' case
The suicide of Tureza Akter, a 21-year-old woman from Bangladesh, led to two sources coming forward with accounts of workers suffering sexual harassment, harsh fines, withheld passports, 16-hour days and seven-day weeks. The law is enforced by CBP, which is based in Washington and has the power to stop products at US ports.A promotional video for Needle Craft, which owns the Fine Apparel factory, shows it making clothes for Under Armour and American Eagle
“Predatory factory operators are taking advantage of migrant workers who are scared and desperate while companies like Under Armour, Columbia, American Eagle and others look the other way,” said Ms Schakowsky. Many cases have involved China and suspected abuses of Uyghyr workers in its Xinjiang region. Thousands of Porsche, Bentley and Audi carsMr Nova said: “Forced labour, gender-based violence and mass wage theft persist in global supply chains because there has been little to no legal accountability for the global brands that profit from the abuses. Vigorous enforcement of Section 307 has the potential to compel brands to cease these practices.
The senior Labour MP Liam Byrne, who chairs the Business and Trade Committee, has called on the UK Government to bring forward similar laws to protect workers in the supply chains of British businesses.‘s “supremely important story” on Ms Akter’s death served as “fresh evidence” that the Government’s failure to present its Modern Slavery Bill before Parliament was “a mistake”.
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