The NHS is using medical gloves made in Malaysian factories where migrants are allegedly subjected to forced labour, forced overtime, debt bondage, withheld wages and passport confiscation. Migrants claim recruiters lured them into forced labour at top Qatar hotel Read moreThe Guardian interviewed 16 Top Glove workers and three from WRP. The workers also claimed they were “trapped” and not allowed to leave the WRP factory, except on Sundays. Top Glove factory is mental torture.”Facebook Twitter Pinterest Activists accused Top Glove of taking advantage of the desperation of migrant workers. The NHS uses more than 1.5bn boxes of medical gloves annually – each box often containing hundreds of pairs – with a value of over £35m.

Source: The Guardian December 09, 2018 11:15 UTC