Hazel axes her t-shirts over fears of Third World exploitation
Hazel Blears has suspended sales of T-shirts promoting her campaign for the Labour Party deputy leadership over fears they may be linked to a factory disaster in Bangladesh.
The supply chain for the garments may lead to a factory where dozens were killed when a building collapsed in 2005.
The Salford MP said she was horrified at suspicions that a product sold on her website might be connected to exploited workers - and was urgently investigating claims of a link.
Last night Miss Blears, Labour’s chairman, pledged to donate to a fund for the families of victims of the Bangladesh disaster, which claimed 64 lives.
And she demanded ’swift answers’ from her supplier, Spreadshirt.
In a statement, she explained that one item sold by the firm was supplied from Bangladesh by B&C/The Cotton Group.
The Cotton Group is the second largest promotional T-shirt supplier in Europe and claims to have an ethical policy, she added.
‘However, it has come to our attention that The Cotton Group was one of the customers of Spectrum, a manufacturer who operated an unsafe factory in Bangladesh which collapsed in 2005, killing 64 workers.
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