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As we know, most prominent brands have shifted their production to developing countries for various reasons, one among which is to lower the cost of labour.
While developing countries embrace high employability opportunities, the average salary for a woman in a garment factory is "SIX US Dollars per month" and they are majorly hired on a contract basis to cut down cost.
According to the International Labour Organisation, nearly 20 million people in the world are victims of forced labour within the clothing and textile industry, of which 11.4 million of these are women and girls. Along with this, the working conditions of the clothing and textile industries in developing countries are dreadful. The Rana Plaza incident is a case in point.
The Rana Plaza incident which took place on 24 April 2014 in Dhaka, Bangladesh has been remarked as one of the deadliest incidents in modern history.
This factory was producing garments for about 31 multinational western corporations. The building collapsed due to a structure failure, killing 1134 factory workers and nearly 2500 wounded. Yet, none of the families was covered with any sort of aid from the boarded Western corporations.
It didn't end here,
The skill set of craftsmanship is underrated and undervalued.
Art forms like Weaving, Kantha embroidery and many such arts are about to vanish due to lower pay.
Contract employees of prominent fast fashion labels like Zara and H&M are exploited, and underpaid.
Women workers are discriminated against for inconsistent wages more than males.
No insurance nor benefit is covered for the factory workers.
And many more....
How does "Ethical Pay" impact?
I leave the response to the readers :)