Retailers Sell Sweatshop Goods

Sweatshop-made goods have been traced to some of the nation’s largest retailers, the Labor Department said Monday.

J.C. Penney has been notified for the fourth time in less than a year that it had gotten goods made in a sewing shop that failed to pay its workers the minimum wage and overtime, the department said.

Others receiving sweatshop goods were Talbots Inc., a national women’s wear retailer, and Macy’s East, Specialty Retailers, Charlotte Russe and Claire’s Boutiques. None of the retailers face any penalties. But Labor Secretary Robert B. Reich said last year that he would make public the names of stores whose goods were produced in violation of U.S. wage laws.