Australian retailers Rivers, Coles, Target, Kmart linked to Bangladesh factory worker abuse
Impoverished Bangladeshi workers claim they have been physically abused and threatened while working in sweatshops used by some of Australia’s best-known retailers. In one case, they were beaten and their representatives were told they would be killed if they protested against working conditions. The ABC’s Four Corners has travelled to the country’s capital Dhaka, where workers revealed big Australian brands including Rivers, Coles, Target and Kmart order clothes from factories in Bangladesh that do not meet international standards.