From Billboard.com: Rap music mogul Sean “P. Diddy” Combs’ Sean John clothing line is under scrutiny from a workers’ rights group for allegedly using laborers from a Honduran sweatshop. The director of the anti-sweatshop National Labor Committee, Charles Kernaghan, plans to release a report today (Oct. 28) detailing poor working conditions at the Southeast Textiles factory in Choloma, Honduras, where Sean John clothes are made.
Workers there are subjected to daily body searches, contaminated drinking water and 11- to 12-hour daily shifts, the report said. In exchange, they are paid 24 cents for each $50 Sean John sweatshirt they sew.
Officials with the clothing label said they were unaware of the conditions alleged by Kernaghan.
“We had absolutely no knowledge of the situation; however, we take these matters very seriously,” said Jeff Tweedy, executive vice president of Sean John. “We have a director of compliance who will be looking into this matter immediately.”
