Gap Kids under fire as Contractor Violates Child Labor Agreement - 10/29/07

Gap Kids is under fire after UK publication The Observer alleged that the clothing chain has been receiving clothing produced by child workers in India as young as 10. According to the report in Sunday’s Observer, Gap has said it was unaware that the clothes had been produced in an alleged sweatshop. Since then, the company has taken proactive steps to pull from the market clothes that were produced at the factory. The United Nations has dubbed India as the world capital of child labor. According to the Observer, 20 percent of labor in that country is provided by children under the age of 14. In a statement, Gap said, “All of our suppliers and their subcontractors are required to guarantee that they will not use child labour to produce garments. In this situation, it's clear one of our vendors violated this agreement and a full investigation is under way.” The clothing in question was intended to be part of Gap Kids’ Christmas product line.