Union Leader in India Abducted, Released, Warned Not to Return to Factory
The Clean Clothes Campaign sent out an urgent action on Wednesday of last week when Anwar Ansari, a union leader at Viva Global factory in Gurgaon, India, was kidnapped by an armed gang at the factory. Since then Mr. Ansari has been released, but he was warned that if he returns to the factory he will be killed. The factory is a Marks & Spencer supplier factory, and one of the attackers identified in the gang is a labour contractor used by Viva Global for recruitment of workers. See here for more.
