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Gap takes steps to stem child labor

15th November 2007 by Sarah Whitworth

An article reports that Gap Inc. is pulling 50 percent of its orders placed with a vendor whose subcontracting led to children sewing some of the retailer’s clothes in squalid conditions in India.

The penalties disclosed Wednesday wrapped up the San Francisco-based company’s investigation into an embarrassing episode that attracted headlines around the world and renewed concerns about abusive labor practices in overseas factories

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