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To: RealMuLan who wrote (70597)	10/28/2007 4:10:19 PM
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[No surprise! Walmart, Disney... A lot of multi-national companies using Child labor!]--Report: Gap Supplier Employed Children Sunday October 28, 3:46 pm ET British Paper Says It Found Sweatshop Using Child Workers to Make Gap Clothing in India biz.yahoo.com LONDON (AP) -- A British newspaper reported Sunday that it found children as young as 10 making clothes in a sweatshop in New Delhi, India, that the Gap Inc. fashion chain planned to sell in the West. The Observer quoted the children as saying they had been sold to the sweatshop by their families in Indian states such as Bihar and West Bengal and would not be allowed to leave until they had repaid that fee. Some, working as long as 16 hours a day to hand-sew clothing, said they were not being paid at the unidentified Gap supplier because their employer said they were still trainees. The clothing retailer said the sweatshop was being run by a subcontractor hired in violation of Gap's policies, and none of the product made there will be sold in its stores. "We appreciate that the media identified this subcontractor, and we acted swiftly in this situation," Gap spokesman Bill Chandler told The Associated Press on Sunday. "Under no circumstances is it acceptable for children to produce or work on garments."