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Obama puts Nike in trade spotlight despite sweatshop stigma of past
2015-05-07 05:08:50| Apparel - Topix.net
President Barack Obama will make a high-profile pitch for a Pacific trade deal he promises will protect workers on Friday at Nike Inc, a company once reviled for using Asian sweatshops to make its famous sneakers. In choosing the company's Oregon headquarters as the backdrop for his message, Obama risks reminding people of global trade's downside just when he needs to convince nervous Democrats to back the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership , a key plank of the administration's strategic pivot to Asia.
UK garment reshoring hub hit by sweatshop claims
2015-02-20 15:10:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
The city at the centre of much of the UK's textile and garment reshoring efforts has been criticised in a new report that found "widespread and severe violations of work and employment laws," at its factories.
Feminist T-shirt hit with Mauritius "sweatshop" claims
2014-11-04 17:08:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Upmarket UK fashion retailer Whistles has been criticised after T-shirts bearing the slogan 'This is what a feminist looks like' were found to be manufactured in "sweatshop" conditions in Mauritius.
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UPDATE: UK: Sweatshop labels in Primark clothing a hoax
2014-06-27 14:56:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Value fashion retailer Primark has launched an investigation after notes and messages were found in its clothing, supposedly from garment workers suffering "degrading sweatshop conditions" and "forced to work exhausting hours."
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UK: Primark probes "sweatshop" labels found in clothing
2014-06-27 14:40:31| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Value fashion retailer Primark has launched an investigation after notes and messages were found in its clothing, supposedly from garment workers suffering "degrading sweatshop conditions" and "forced to work exhausting hours."
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