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H & M call for an emergency meeting with Danish and Norwegian authorities after reports of workers exploitation in third world

Tuesday, 06 November 2012
Both the Danish and Norwegian governments have called for a meeting with the clothing giant, H & M after revelations about that the company pays low wages in Bangladesh and Cambodia.

But the Swedish government is not worried about the revelation and will not be questioning the company in any at anytime. But it does not means that the issue is not taken seriously, according to trade minister Ewa Björling.

“Absolutely not. That this is an issue that we have high on the agenda all the time,” said Bjorling to radio Sweden on Monday.

The revelation has to do with our report recently which we pointed to an undercover report carried out by Swedish television channel, TV4’s Kalla Fakta (Cold Facts) in which it unearth slave-like working conditions in the textile factories that H & M uses in Bangladesh and Cambodia. Here an example was shown where employees were being paid just Skr3 per hour to design and sew cloths that were sold on the luxury high streets across the world were H&M has stores.

The Norwegian authorities led by the Integration Minister, Inga Marte Thorkildsen, had decided to convene an emergency meeting with H & M, as well as the Danish Trade Minister Pia Olsen Dyhr.

But the Swedish government has been quiet. Minister for Trade Ewa Bjorling says they will discuss with H & M on the working conditions of their suppliers, even if they do not make it public.

In Sweden, there have been protests out H&M’s head office in Stockholm after the TV documentary.
H & M insists in a statement: “working with our suppliers is an important issue for us and we in many years are actively engaged in improving the conditions. So far we have not been approached by any politician in Denmark or Norway regarding this.”
By Scancomark.com Team

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