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 Forced labour in Uzbekistan's cotton industry
Posted Fri September 25, 2009 12:00 pm, by James W. written to Macys.com
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I am writing to you because I am concerned about state-sponsored forced child labour in Uzbekistan's cotton industry.
Schools are closed down for the duration of the cotton harvest and children, some as young as ten years old, are sent to the fields to pick cotton by hand for little or no pay. Students who fail to meet their targets or refuse to work are beaten or can face expulsion from school. Human rights groups estimate that up to 200,000 children are involved each year.
I regularly shop at your stores and I would like to know where the cotton in your products originates from. I would like assurances that you will not use Uzbek cotton until such time as forced labour is eradicated from the production process.
Finally, I urge you to label your cotton clothing with the country of origin of the cotton and not just the country of manufacture, so that I can be sure that I am not buying clothes which have been produced with forced child labour.
Thank you for your consideration. I look forward to your reply.
Sincerely,
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