UK's major high street clothing retailers Primark and Mothercare have launched a probe following media reports of alleged exploitation of Indian workers who make clothes for them.
Earlier, a British newspaper reported that the Indian workers employed in both the retail chains were getting as little as 13 pence (26 cents) per hour for a 48-hour week, wages so low the workers claim they sometimes have to rely on government food parcels.
Primark, the UK's second biggest clothing retailer, and the Mothercare, the mother and baby shop, launched a probe last night following an investigation by
Guardian into the condition of workers in Bangalore who supply several high-profile UK and US fashion