LINK: End Child Labor in Cotton!

Thousands of children around the world are forced to pick cotton. In India, child workers in the cottonseed industry are often in a state of debt bondage and work at least nine hours a day. In Uzbekistan, one of the world’s largest exporters of cotton, as many as two million children are forced to leave school and pick cotton in order to meet government-imposed cotton production quotas.

LINK: Factory Profile: PT. Busana Indah Global

This is a description of a factory where Hanes was known to sources from and serious freedom of association violations occured. A number of workers were fired for joining or supporting the union at the factory and although these employees have been reinstated, Hanes must continue to put pressure on this factory to improve wages and contract statuses.

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