» Posted by Martin Weil on October 28, 2007

Amitosh concentrates as he pulls the loops of thread through tiny plastic beads and sequins on the toddler's blouse he is making. Dripping with sweat, his hair is thinly coated in dust. In Hindi his name means "happiness." The hand-embroidered garment on which his tiny needle is working bears the distinctive logo of international fashion chain Gap. Amitosh is 10.

From The Guardian.

Gap is by no means alone in finding children toiling at many of the firms it outsources to. To their credit however, the Guardian continues:

Gap's own policy is that if it discovers children being used by contractors to make its clothes that contractor must remove the child from the workplace, provide it with access to schooling and a wage, and guarantee the opportunity of work on reaching a legal working age.

One wonders if the rest of the consumer products industry can say the same?

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