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Burberry? Ethical? You must be joking!

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Submitted by mark osborn on March 25, 2007 - 7:45pm.

Next week, the last big factory in the Rhondda Valley will close as Burberry, the luxury brand that put the plaid in Cymru, moves to China.
Story: Observer, 25 March 07

Burberry protest, central London

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14/02/2007 - 5:00pm
14/02/2007 - 6:00pm

Valentine's Day protest against Burberry's plan to move production from a unionised plant in south Wales to Chinese sweatshops.
Join us at Burberry's, 157 Regent Street (Oxford Circus tube) in central London.
On 14 February protests will take place across the world against Burberry (see Home Page for main story).

14 February: International protests against Burberry

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Submitted by mark osborn on February 12, 2007 - 6:09pm.

The GMB union has organised co-ordinated international protests against Burberry on Valentines Day, 14 February.
Burberry says it is closing its unionised South Wales factory to move garment production to Chinese sweatshops.
Burberry has yet to give assurances that the two factories in Shenzhen in the Guangdong province of China where production is likely to be moved to will not employ child labour or use forced, prison labour.

Burberry protest, central London, 27 January 07

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Submitted by mark osborn on January 27, 2007 - 3:12pm.
Burberry protest, central London, 27 January 07

Burberry protest, central London, 27 January

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Submitted by mark osborn on January 27, 2007 - 3:10pm.
Burberry protest, central London, 27 January

Burberry protest, central London, 27 January

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Submitted by mark osborn on January 27, 2007 - 3:08pm.
Burberry protest, central London, 27 January

No Sweat protest against Burberry, Regent Street, 27 January

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Submitted by mark osborn on January 27, 2007 - 2:59pm.
No Sweat protest against Burberry, Regent Street, 27 January
No Sweat protest against Burberry, Regent Street, 27 January
No Sweat protest against Burberry, Regent Street, 27 January

No Sweat activists wrapped up the front of the Burberry store, on Regent Street, central London, watched by a large posse of press and helped by a group of Burberry workers.
With brown paper and fake second class stamps we "posted" Burberry to China where they have moved production to take advantage of China's repressive labour laws and non-union, ultra-cheap labour.

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