GAZIPUR – T-shirts produced in partnership with 90s pop group Spice Girls to raise funds for UK charity Comic Relief are allegedly being made by staff in Bangladesh earning the equivalent of 35p an hour and working 16 hour shifts.
The garments which retail for £19.40 were commissioned to raise £11.60 per item for Comic Relief, and were on sale for a limited three-week promotional period.
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