10 Companies to Avoid This Holiday Season

From Change in Tallahassee:

1. Children’s Place: “It gets its products from places with human rights and labor violations and had to pay $1.5 million in a settlement alleging that they violated the Securities Act.

2. Hanes: “…went the extra step to be cited for ‘egregious labor violations.’” Oh, and they have not even an attempt at an anti-discrimination policy for sexual orientation and gender identity.

3. JC Penny: “D- on Green America’s scorecard and D+ from the NAACP.”

4. Limited Brands (this includes Victoria’s Secret and Bath & Body Works): “The now scarily common ‘sourced from countries with widespread, well-documented human and labor rights abuses’ rears its head here…”

5. IBM: “It’s been sued for improperly converting employee pension plans and for exposing them to toxic chemicals.” Oh and also for “aiding and abetting South Africa’s apartheid regime.”

6. Albertsons: The gamut of really bad labor stuff — “Unpaid overtime, punishing employees for opposing discrimination policies … intimidates workers into refusing unions …” and the list unfortunately goes on.

7. Chiquita: This is a good summary: “Everything is contaminated.”

8. L’Oreal: Still getting it for their lack of policy on animal testing (oh, and using banned chemicals).

9. Target: Bad on the environment, racial discrimination and of course ”sourced from countries with widespread, well-documented human and labor rights abuses.’”

10. Wal-Mart: Obvi!

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