What do John Lewis, Clarks and Laura Ashley have in common?

by Jonathan Morgan on October 28, 2009

John Lewis

Answer: they all scored very poorly in a recent survey designed to find out how high street retailers treat their foreign workers. The survey, carried out by Labour Behind the Label, reported that:

“The scandalous truth is that the majority of workers in the global fashion industry rarely earn more than $2 a day in an industry worth more than £36bn a year, in the UK alone.”

For more on this, visit Money Central.

(source: Money Central. Image: Dan Lockton)

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