Just What IS Victoria’s Little Secret?

I admit it, I love Victoria Secret’s Products.
I have purchased  and enjoyed them.

That might well be in the past if the news reports are true, as I think they actually DO have a little secret….

While it’s becoming somewhat apparent that all the expensive products we love are done with some kind of cheap labor overseas, little is really known exactly how true the stories are, however, I am interested to know the truth.

The National Labor Committee reports that D.K. Garments, based in Jordan, [D.K. Garments is a subcontract factory with 150 foreign guest workers (135 from Bangladesh and 15 from Sri Lanka)], who has been producing Victoria’s Secret garments for a year now.

“The Victoria’s Secret workers toil 14 to 15 hours a day, from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 or 10:00 p.m., seven days a week, receiving on average one day off every three or four months.  All overtime is mandatory, and workers are routinely at the factory 98 to 105 hours a week while toiling 89 to 96 hours.  Treatment is very rough, as managers and supervisors scream at the foreign guest workers to move faster to complete their high production goals.

Workers who fall behind on their production goals, or who make even a minor error, can be slapped and beaten.  Despite being forced to work five or more overtime hours a day, the workers are routinely shortchanged on their legal overtime pay, being cheated of up to $18.48 each week in wages due them.  While this might not seem like a great deal of money, to these poor workers it is the equivalent of losing three regular days’ wages each week.”

More on the story HERE