Denmark: the employees of Dansk Supermarked want a real CSR policy

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1 July 2006 à 07h01

Updated on 26 March 2013 à 18h26

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Publication: 1 July 2006 à 07h01, Updated on 26 March 2013 à 18h26

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After the outcry caused by the broadcasting of a documentary on the working conditions within the chain's Indian suppliers, the employees of the supermarket group Dansk Supermarked are asking the management to react and to really apply the principles of CSR. (Ref. 06677)

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1 July 2006 à 07h01

Updated on 26 March 2013 à 18h26

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Publication: 1 July 2006 à 07h01, Updated on 26 March 2013 à 18h26

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The employees of Dansk Supermarked (which was accused by a TV documentary of letting bad working conditions occur within its Indian suppliers-see our article n° 06631), have reacted. In a letter to the management, employees express their solidarity with the employees of the group’s suppliers and ask Dansk Supermarked to take concrete measures to guarantee better working conditions for them “If our company does not react, this means that it approves child work in India. We want Dansk...

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