Nominated by “Clean Clothes Campaign”

So far, Wal-Mart has been refusing to assume any kind of responsibility for the in part terrible working conditions in its clothes supply factories outside the US. In Lesotho, Kenya and Thailand, the corporate group ignored claims for an improvement of the working conditions raised by NGOs. In comparison to other companies, Wal-Mart’s policy concerning the working conditions lags behind considerably.

The laureate of the labour law category is US retailing giant Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. that was nominated by the Clean Clothes Campaign. The working conditions in Wal-Mart’s clothes supply factories in Africa and Asia are intolerable, ranging from excessive compulsory overtime to wages below the subsistence level.

Aisha Bahadur, Civil Society Research and Support Collective, Southafica is presenting the irresponsible behaviour of US retailing giant Wal-Mart Stores, laureate of the labour law category