In a report titled, "Child Labor is Back: Children Are Again Sewing Clothing for Major U.S. Companies," the National Labor Committee alleges child labor, beatings and other worker violations at Harvest Rich, a Bangladesh clothing factory that makes clothes for Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Hanesbrands Inc. and others.The group estimates that 200 to 300 children work the Narayanganj District plant and that children are beaten, forced to work for as long as 20 hours at a time for wages as low as 6.5 cents an hour.
Wal-Mart found excessive overtime and unpaid benefits at the factory, but no child labor or beatings.
