LL Bean vows to exclude Uzbek cotton

Posted on December 9, 2009 by admin | 2 comments
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Of all the companies named by the International Labor Rights Forum on this year’s Sweatshop Hall of Shame for the use of Uzbek cotton, LL Bean was the fastest to respond, and vowed to (eventually) exclude it from their supply chain.  Let’s hope their follow through is as exhaustive as their initial response was rapid.

Read more on the ILRF blog here.  If you buy LL Bean products, take time to let their corporate office know that this is important to you.

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2 Responses to “LL Bean vows to exclude Uzbek cotton”

  1. janyl
    December 18th, 2009 @ 5:47 am

    Hi, your site helped me to come up with an interview with Mr. Yodgar Obid here: kultur-multur.org

    Thanks
    Janyl Jusubjan

  2. admin
    April 7th, 2010 @ 10:13 pm

    Janyl, thanks! It’s a beautiful piece of work and so wonderful that you make his readings available as audio files!

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