Fast Marketing Responded To Sweatshops And Admitted That The Allegations Were "Partly True".

For the Hongkong NGO organization Students and Scholars against Corporate Misbehavior (referred to as SACOM, Chinese Name: university student and teacher monitoring unscrupulous enterprise action), in the investigation report entitled "Investigative Report on Report", "China's supply chain work environment survey report of UNIQLO", the allegation of "sweatshop" in China's supply chain of UNIQLO library, the company's parent company, the company, issued a statement yesterday, acknowledges that the accusation in the report is "partly true."

SACOM disclosed in its 11 day investigation that two Uniqlo UNIQLO suppliers in China (Guangzhou Panyu District Pacific Textiles Ltd. Pacific Textile Co., Ltd.) -- mutual (Panyu) textile printing and dyeing Co., Ltd. and Luen Thai Holdings Ltd., Dongguan's Tongwei Garments Co., Ltd. (0311.HK), Dongguan Tongwei Garments Co., Ltd. has four working hours and low basic wages, high-risk and unsafe working environment, strict management and severe punishment, and no trade unions and workers' representative organizations. Fast Marketing Group In yesterday's statement, it was pointed out that four points were found to be in conflict with SACOM's report after investigation. However, the company has strongly urged the two companies to take prompt improvement measures. Measures include reducing work hours, increasing holidays, improving the working environment, canceling fines and punishments, and establishing trade unions to hold elections. At the same time, the group will cooperate with the third party supervisory organs and NGO to cooperate fully to ensure that the problem is improved.

Arata Yukihiro, senior vice president of corporate social responsibility at Fast Retailing Company Ltd. (9983.T) fast marketing group, stressed that the group "has been committed to ensuring respect for workers' human rights in cooperative factories and improving the working environment, while protecting the legitimate rights and interests of factory workers". The group also hopes to "actively dialogue with SACOM and other cooperative NGO organizations".

In this regard, SACOM praised Fast Retailing Company Ltd. (9983.T) fast Marketing Group's rapid response, and said it will continue to adhere to Uniqlo UNIQLO suppliers. Working environment And expects to have a dialogue with the group.

Fast fashion brands, including Uniqlo UNIQLO, have been accused of sweatshops. They have been accused of immoral accusations by the clothing industry workers in the dangerous working environment in Southeast Asian supply chain factories and the continuing major death disasters, especially the collapse of factories in Bangladesh in 2012, which engulfed more than 1200 workers.

As for Uniqlo UNIQLO, workers are very famous for their long time work. The book "The Glory and Disgrace of the Uniqlo Empire" published by the Japanese Publishing Group Bungeishunju Ltd. in March 2010 revealed the immorality of the uniformed uniforms. For this reason, the Japanese UNIQLO Japanese company also told the publisher to court, but finally lost the lawsuit. Uniqlo Uniqlo Earlier in the group's supply chain report, it was acknowledged that the problems in China's supply chain began to increase over the past two years, including helping young people forge age and tampering with overtime records.

In addition, last month, Uniqlo UNIQLO supplier, Shenzhen Artigas Clothing & Leatherware, Hongkong Shenzhen Garments Co., Ltd., a clothing company, launched a strike. Workers asked the factory to pay social security and provident fund arrears, but they were threatened by factory dismissal. Fast Retailing Company Ltd. express said it was not easy to comment on the labor negotiations of partners, but urged the company to solve the problem as soon as possible.