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Uniqlo to step up controls on China suppliers

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Fast Retailing Co. is tightening controls on treatment of workers at key suppliers’ factories in China following complaints by labor rights groups that highlight the pressures prevailing in the highly competitive low-cost garment industry.

After a Hong Kong-based labor watchdog group found workers in China working up to 134 hours overtime a month, Fast Retailing issued a statement Jan. 15 saying it would take action to ensure fair payment and accounting of working hours, curb overtime and improve factory conditions. (AP)

ユニクロ、中国の下請け供給業者の監督強化へ

ユニクロを展開するファーストリテイリングは、労働団体による長時間労働などの問題摘発を受け、中国の下請工場の労働環境に対する監督を強化する方針だ。

The Japan Times ST: January 30, 2015