Teenagers’ escape from Indian spinning mill prompts crackdown on labour abuses

A women-led trade union, which represent female garment workers in the state, said the girls were found unconscious on Sunday on a highway near the mill where they scaled a 14-foot wall before falling on to thorny bushes.”But because of excessive bleeding they became unconscious and were found two hours later by residents from nearby villagers,” the Tamil Nadu Textile and Common Labour Union sa…

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