A worker?s rights group is alleging that P. Diddy?s Sean John clothing line uses laborers from a Honduran sweatshop.

Charles Kernaghan, the director of the anti-sweatshop National Labor Committee, planned on releasing a report detailing poor working conditions at the Southeast Textiles factory in Choloma, Honduras, where Sean John clothes are made, according to the Associated Press.

“We had absolutely no knowledge of the situation; however, we take these matters very seriously,” Jeff Tweedy, executive vice president of Sean John, told the AP. “We have a director of compliance who will be looking into this matter immediately.”

Workers are subjected to daily body searches, contaminated drinking water and 11- to 12-hour daily shifts, the report said, reports the AP. They are allegedly paid 24 cents for each $50 sweatshirt they sew.

The report says 80 per cent of the factory production is for Sean John. The other 20 is for Rocawear, co-founded by Jay-Z and producer Damon Dash.






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