Workers in Bangladesh get paid as little as £8 a month for making cheap, chic clothes for UK chains, according to a latest report.
The garments end up in Primark, Tesco and Asda’s George range.
The report reveals that the poor workers regularly spend 80 hours per week in ‘potential death trap’ factories.
The Fashion Victims report is based on research carried out at six factories in Bangladesh which employ more than 5,000, mainly female workers.
Some garment workers spend up to 96 hours per week in the factories without any weekly offs. A worker has to work a minimum of 10 hours a day.
Many workers complained that their pay isn’t enough to cover their food, housing and medical costs.
That’s the price the poor workers pay for our trendy clothing.
Via Guardian
