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Zara linked to allegations of child exploitation
By m.p.
May 28, 2006 - 10:04 PM

A report in a Portuguese weekly publication has alleged that a Portuguese company sub-contracted by the Spanish multinational, Zara, is using child labour to sew shoes for the Galician firm.

The report in the publication, ‘Expresso’ supports its article with photographs of the children, aged between 10 and 14, working at home. It says they are paid 40 cents for each pair of hand-sewn shoes, and that this type of child labour is quite common in Northern Portugal, an area of high unemployment.