![]() ![]() Protesting workers had been beaten by security guards. Monitors also found errors in wages, chemicals labelled only in English, and staff disciplined or fired if they failed to meet onerous production targets. This revealed “harsh treatment” of the labour force by management, including abuse for requesting leave, dismissal for missing work because of a death in the family, and forcing those who turned up late to stand for “many hours without rest”. After the uproar in 2012, the owners ordered a new audit by another company, of Massachusetts. The Rosita knitwear factory provides a salutary warning. If you don’t inspect suppliers properly, can you be confident that a riot isn’t brewing in your supply chain? ![]() Ten months later, employees wrecked the plant, protesting they’d been jeered at by managers and beaten by guards. That’s what the auditor’s report said of this Bangladesh factory (pictured). ![]()
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