Zara supplier accused of slave labour in Brazil

SPANISH clothing store Zara is under investigation by Brazil’s labour ministry after a supplier was accused of slave labour.

Government investigators raided four Sao Paulo sweatshops in late June, union officials told Reuters. All the garments discovered in the investigation were labelled with the Zara brand. Zara is owned by the world’s largest clothing retailer, Inditex.

“Before then, we had never received accusations” against Zara, said Maria Susiclea Assis, who heads the Sao Paulo-based seamstress union.