Does H&M get their clothes from sweatshops?

Question

What are some other popular clothing stores that obtain their clothes this way? If you could possibly cite your source that would be great. Thank you in advance.

Answer 1

most clothes sold in the chain stores are from sweatshops i can smell sweat in these shops sometimes

buy from charity shops

Answer 2

In response to another post, children who work in sweatshops get paid very little and often have to work long hours under horrendous conditions. Not only that, but their supervisors show very little concern for their welfare. If they get injured and are unable to work, they are fired. This is why child labor was ended in this country decades ago. Children aren't as likely to complain about their working conditions or demand better treatment so they are easy to exploit and yes, they are exploited.

Answer 3

In December 1997 a TV documentary was broadcast in Sweden accusing H&M of using child labour in the Philippines. Do you allow children to be used in the production of your clothes?

H&M deliberately distances itself from child labour and consequently we do not accept that our suppliers use child labour in the production of our clothes. We make this clear in our Code of Conduct, which all our suppliers undertake to observe.

We ourselves were very concerned at the allegations in this case and followed them up immediately. In February 1998 we travelled to the Philippines and met the people who took part in the film. These included the nine-year-old girl who was alleged to be working trimming threads on sweaters. It quickly emerged that the allegations were incorrect. When the film was recorded (in summer 1997) Jo-Anne, as the girl is called, was on her summer holidays and had gone to spend an evening with her aunt who worked at the factory. The aunt had taken work home with her and Jo-Anne found it fun to help out for a while.

To assure ourselves that the picture that was conveyed to us during the visit was correct we took a Filipino specialist in child labour with us to the village. She confirmed what Jo-Anne, her teachers and parents told us: this was not a working child. She goes to school for eight hours a day and is a hardworking pupil.

Quite apart from this special case, we have full-time staff who visit our suppliers' factories daily to check that our Code of Conduct is being observed and that child labour is not being used.

Verdict = they do not get clothes from swetshops

Source: http://www.hm.com/ca/abouthmcom/customer...

Answer 4

Kids that work in sweatshops get paid for what they do.Some sweatshops even provide living quarters for the help for a real small fee.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

what dose it matter if it doesn't all the money will be used violence in foren countries

I'm not a hippy its just that thear making everyone in my school wear uniforms next year because everyone is wearing gang shirts