Contributions Overview
Paying the price for fashion: securing a living wage for Bangladesh’s garment workers
Bangladesh is one of the main suppliers of apparel to the European Union (EU), yet most of its garment workers are underpaid. These workers are trapped in an exploitative system that prevents them meeting their basic needs, and that primarily serves the interests of global brands. Despite decades of activism and corporate pledges, there is still a disparity between national minimum wages and the right to earn a living wage in many garment-producing countries.
Who Shapes Fashion’s Future? This new report reveals how supplier exclusion in MSI’s is hindering our collective change.