Is Thalia Running Sweatshops?

Wed13Sep2006

Is Thalia Running Sweatshops?

09:56 H | Topics: Celebrities - Chismes - Entrepreneurs - Fashion - Justice - Labor - Shopping

While she may not be watching over them directly, recent accusations call into question the conditions under which the Mexican estrella's clothing collection are manufactured. According to an investigation conducted by the National Labor Committee, there are sweatshops in Jordan engaging in human trafficing, forced labor, and violence against workers. These sweatshops produce clothes with labels for the GAP, Target, Liz Claiborne, Victoria’s Secret, L.L Bean and Thalía Sodi. Thalia, whose clothing line is distributed through K-mart y Sears Holdings responded to the investigation by saying:

Como diseñadora de mi propia línea de ropa siempre estoy consciente sobre todos los aspectos del negocio del diseño, eso incluye dónde y cómo se produce mi ropa.

Kmart y Sears, que son los únicos responsables de toda la producción y manufactura de mi línea de ropa y en quienes confío y sé que son muy diligentes, se aseguran de que las fábricas involucradas cumplan con los rígidos requisitos de la ley y de que sean auditados. Kmart me ha asegurado que éste no es uno de sus vendedores y que ellos manejarán este asunto de la forma más expedita posible

Of course Thalia, who is currectly vacationing in Europe, hasn't actually gone to any of the manufacturing plants in question to see if the claims are true or not. Some of the poor conditions include 15 to 16 hour days, 7 days a week.

Thalia has often been praised in the media for her charity but where is the charity is having clothes with your name on them made under such conditions? As long as she keeps making money off the clothing line , I guess it doesn't really matter to her.

Via / Univision

Image Via / Amauta Spanish School