Fainted workers in hospital.
29/08/2011
www.joe.ie
Fashion house H&M have said that they will launch a probe into how 284 Cambodian factory workers fell ill last week and collapsed in a mass illness. And no, it wasn't because of the low, low pricetags.
According to the deputy provincial police chief in the Kompong Chhnang province in China, a pungent smell was reported prior to the mass faintings. 86 workers fell ill last Tuesday, while another 198 were sick on Thursday.
The factory is owned by M&V International Manufacturing Ltd, a supplier of the Swedish clothing chain. H&M have said that they have launched an investigation: "We are aware of the faintings and are looking into investigating."
According to the police chief Lya Virak, "When one worker collapsed, others also fell sick."
Ohter top global firms with ties to Cambodian factories include Tesco, Next and Marks and Spencer. Over 100 people were hospitalised in the current incident, which a union representative blamed on a "very hot inside, with a bad smell from the canal and smoke coming from the factory".
If H&M are looking to escape the bad press and relocate their factories elsewhere, may we suggest Ireland? We don't like what we've heard about that smell but we're a bit desperate.
Fashion house H&M have said that they will launch a probe into how 284 Cambodian factory workers fell ill last week and collapsed in a mass illness. And no, it wasn't because of the low, low pricetags.
According to the deputy provincial police chief in the Kompong Chhnang province in China, a pungent smell was reported prior to the mass faintings. 86 workers fell ill last Tuesday, while another 198 were sick on Thursday.
The factory is owned by M&V International Manufacturing Ltd, a supplier of the Swedish clothing chain. H&M have said that they have launched an investigation: "We are aware of the faintings and are looking into investigating."
According to the police chief Lya Virak, "When one worker collapsed, others also fell sick."
Ohter top global firms with ties to Cambodian factories include Tesco, Next and Marks and Spencer. Over 100 people were hospitalised in the current incident, which a union representative blamed on a "very hot inside, with a bad smell from the canal and smoke coming from the factory".
If H&M are looking to escape the bad press and relocate their factories elsewhere, may we suggest Ireland? We don't like what we've heard about that smell but we're a bit desperate.
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