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Originally Posted by web_norah  #
ahem..........
GAP always priding itself on NOT EMPLOYING or USING child working factories for their clothes...and allegations of them 'knowing' about this factory warranted all the bad press and attention they received ..
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Plus GAP having a long history of having child laborers. It was only in 2004 that they started to do something about it... obviously not enough. The child slaves were making clothing for GAP kids.
In 2003 The Gap, along with 21 other companies, was involved in a class action lawsuit filed by sweatshop workers in Saipan. The allegations included "off the clock" hours, where workers were not paid for working overtime, unsafe working conditions, and forced abortion policies.[6] A settlement of 20 million dollars was reached whereby The Gap did not admit liability. [7]
In May 2006, adult and child employees of Western, a supplier in Jordan, were found to have worked up to 109 hours per week and to have gone six months without being paid. Some employees claimed they had been raped by managers.[10]
On October 28, 2007, BBC footage allegedly showed child labour being used in Indian GAP factories[11]. GAP has denied that it was aware of such happenings and that it is against its policy to use child labour. The one piece of clothing in question - a smock blouse - was removed from a British store and will be destroyed. GAP also promised to investigate breaches in its ethical policy.