Why Should I Buy Ethical Clothing?

Author: Davinos Greeno -

Source: articledashboard.com



Garment workers throughout the globe are traditionally paid the minimum wage and work long hours in poor conditions in order to produce the clothes that we take for granted.

In the developing world countries such as Indonesia and, maternity fashions , China mass produce enough clothes to reach to the moon and back every day, this routine production and exploitation in the name of fashion by major brands has increasingly come under fire as they continue to under pay staff, and offer no additional benefits while reaping huge profits from these suffering workers, maternity fashions , .

Ethical clothing guarantees that workers have not, maternity fashions , only been paid well but also have access,, maternity fashions , maternity fashions , to a range of benefits from maternity leave and pensions to healthcare and education.

In December 06 War on Want published a reporting stating that mainly women workers in Bangladesh are regularly working 80 hours a week for just 5p an hour, in potential death trap factories, to produce cheap clothes for British consumers for sale in retailers such as Primark, Tesco and Asda.

Primark, Tesco and Asda have all made public commitments to the payment of a living wage to suppliers - commonly calculated to be a minimum ฃ22 a month, maternity fashions , in Bangladesh. I used to volunteer as a teacher in Nepal which is next to Bangladesh and the primary school teachers were paid around ฃ40 per, maternity fashions , month. I know from experience that even ฃ40 per month is a struggle for a family to survive on as there is no welfare system to help. Even, maternity fashions , though the cost of living is much cheaper than the UK and USA, the cost of living is rising faster than wages, maternity fashions , making them even poorer.

Yet starting wages in the factories researched for War on Wants report were as little as ฃ8 a month, barely a third of the living wage. Even better paid sewing machine operators receive only ฃ16 a, maternity fashions , month, which equates to 5p an hour for the 80 hours they regularly have to work each week. The minimum wage for garment workers in Bangladesh halved in real terms during the 1990s, and many, maternity fashions , complain their pay is too low to cover food, housing and health costs.

Primark, Tesco and Asda have also pledged that their suppliers must not be required to work more than, maternity fashions , 48 hours a week on a regular basis which is the same as the European Time Directive that applies to UK workers. We are not forced to work over 48 hours per week, why, maternity fashions , should they?

Workers interviewed for War on Wants report, maternity fashions , can toil up to 96 hours a week - double the supposed maximum - and often lose their day off and face the sack if they refuse.

The choice appears simple, avoid dirt cheap clothes where possible and as the excellent ethical campaign by Marks and Spencers says …look behind the label.

What Is Ethical Clothing?

Author: Davinos Greeno

Source: articledashboard.com



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, Time Directive relating to British workers. We are not forced to work over 48 hours per week, why would they? Workers interviewed for War on Wants report can toil up to 96 hours per week - double the supposed maximum - and often lose their day off and face the sack if they refuse. The choice seems simple, dirt cheap clothes where possible and avoid the high ethical campaign as the Marks and Spencer said ... look behind the label.