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
