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Ikea: 'Deeply Regrets' Past Use of Prison Labor
November 15,
2012 by in UnCategorized 
By Aggregated Content in Furniture Retailing on November 16, 2012
from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/16/ikea-forced-prison-labor_n_2143458.html
Swedish furniture giant Ikea says it "deeply regrets" the fact that some of its suppliers used forced prison labor in communist East Germany more than two decades ago.
The company says it never condoned the use of forced labor but an independent report shows it failed to properly vet how its suppliers were manufacturing furniture for the company at the time.
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