Speedo Swimsuit Maker: Worker Abuse

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Tue, 08/19/2008 - 5:00pm

 

Speedo may be the top-selling and best-known swimwear  brand in the world, and an official sponsor of the upcoming  2008 Olympic Games in China.
But, according to a new report  by the National Labor Committee, workers in China producing  Speedo sporting goods are drowning in abuse.
Toys 'R' Us  and Carrefour are also implicated in this sweatshop scandal.
Charles Kernaghan is the Director of the National Labor Committee explains the rationale behind the Committee's New Report on sweatshop labor by Olympic sponsors.

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