Pictured: Approached during fashion week, designer Tommy Hilfiger said his company maintained a “gold standard” for worker safety. He later confessed he was lying.Â
“Just in recent weeks, three workers were killed at two separate factories producing clothing for Tommy Hilfiger,” said Scott Nova, executive director of the Worker Rights Consortium, one of several labor groups that has been pushing for higher safety standards in Bangladesh. “They say they’re trying to improve conditions. They say they care about the rights of workers. They say they’re committed to preventing fires and other tragedies in places like Bangladesh. But when it comes to putting their money where their mouth is, they don’t do it.” [See full report and video ABC NEWS]
No one should have to die making clothes…