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Saturday, December 09, 2006

So That's Why it's So Cheap

When the BBC led one of its news bulletins about work exploitation in Asia it was not much of a surprise to learn two of the companies named were Tescos and Asda. The evil twins, who turn not millions, but billions of pounds profits, apparently have no problems paying the princely sum of 5p per hour at some of the clothing factories they use in, amongst other places, Bangladesh. Makes you wonder what they get up to to keep their food prices so low doesn't it.

See full story at;
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6219274.stm

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