Teen millionairesses Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen demanded retail giant Wal-mart provide female factory workers in Bangladesh with maternity leave and benefits in New York Thursday. The Full House stars, 18, were horrified to discover the workers creating their Olsen Twins clothing line, which is sold in Wal-Mart stores, were working in poor conditions. Just hours after a protest by members of America's National Labor Committee (NLC) began at Washington Square Park near New York University, where the sisters are studying, Mary-Kate and Ashley signed the petition for Wal-Mart to give workers the "legal right to maternity leave with benefits".
Now that The Twins are so socially conscious, perhaps they'll also choose to apologize for a decade of terrible films?
As a public service to celebrities everywhere, allow me to provide you with a little bit of information about Wal-Mart (since I know you never grace its hallowed halls). Namely, that it's an evil, evil corporation. And that you should never ever do business with them if you know what's good for you.
Full story here. Via Pete Cromulent.
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