The Gap has been dealing with child labor issues for years.  The company employs 90+ compliance officers to conduct 8,500 factory surprise visits and produces garments in 3,000 factories located in 50 countries.

ABC and CBS have recently run stories in response to new pictures i[1] n UK media of 10-13 year old kids in India under sweatshop conditions.  Here’s CBS’s story. 

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As it goes, the Gap’s NA President and the company couldn’t have done much better that this in the coverage.

- She’s grateful for the investigative report that uncovered this.
- The Gap will set up schools for those kids.
- They’ll go after vendors.

The Gap also has the benefit of the  National Labor Committee saying the Gap is a fairly good corporate player and uses  the [3] Business for Social Responsibility non-profit to try to monitor its suppliers.