It seems Gap have declined to respond to my letter sent several months ago to them.
These are the questions that I asked them, and which they did not want to answer:
What percentage of the retail price of a garment goes to the worker who made it?
How do you determine how much to pay workers?
Do your workers have a contract with you and know that they can rely on a steady level of income?
Do you pay your workers in cash or through a bank; do they have the opportunity to save money in a bank account that earns interest?
About cotton: Are you able to determine the conditions and pay that workers in the cotton factories are given? How about the cotton pickers?
Does Gap have its own factories and how often does it visit them and that of its sub-contractors?
So, will I still buy products from Gap? I’m not sure, but I certainly won’t go out of my way to shop there as I do with other fashion retailers that I know to be more ethical. Gap do have an ethical policy and the Labour behind the Label report says they are making an effort to safeguard their workers’ rights – they’re just not responding to letters sent by their customers!
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