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:: Thursday, June 03, 2004 ::
Wal-Mart Gets an 'F'; New Retailer Scorecard Grades Companies on Sweatshop Practices U.S. Newswire
Co-op America, a national consumer education nonprofit organization, has issued a Retailer Scorecard on labor standards and practices for eight large US retailers, Wal-Mart, got the only 'F' due to its documented business transactions with sweatshop factories in Central America and South East Asia. JC Penny, Target, and Sears got 'D's, while Target got a 'D plus' and Federated (including: Bloomingdale's and Macy's) and May's (including: David's Bridal and Hecht's) received 'C's. (Scorecard located at http://www.sweatshops.org.)------------------------------------------- posted 6:25 AM :: reference link ::
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