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Beyonce facing sweatshop controversy – Metro US

Beyonce facing sweatshop controversy

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Come on, Ivy Park workers, now let’s get in formation. Or that’s what I assume they say at the Sri Lankan factory where Beyonce’s chic new activewear line is reportedly put together by underpaid workers pulling 60-plus hour weeks, according to the Sun.

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The newspaper reports that seamstresses at the MAS Holdings factory — which also assembles clothing for Top Shop — make just $6 a day for their efforts. “When they talk about women and empowerment, this is just for the foreigners,” one worker says. “They want the foreigners to think everything is OK.” That’s cold, Bey.

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