For several decades now many of the clothes we wear were made in countries
were workers' rights do not exist. Companies are exploiting and taking
advantage of the poor population who have no other choice but to work for
any salary in any conditions. Some workers are often forced to work up to
14-16 hours a day, 7 days a week throughout the year often working from 2am
to meet the companies' deadline. Unfortunely Workers are not compinsated
for the work as companies barely pay their workers and they never pay for
overtime. The enviroment these workes are put in are extremely deadly.
1,134 Garment workrs have died during a texile factory collapse in Dhaka
in 2013. 114 workers were killed in a fire at Bangladeshi firm Tazreen
Fashions in 2013, 50 have died due to blasted sand inhalation. 5000 are
sick due to blasted sand inhalation and exposure to harmful chemicals and
toxins. But the most heart breaking part about this situation is most of
these workers are youg children. 168 million children globaly are forced
to work and because the fashion industry requires little skill child labor
is a common issue in this industry. For example 250,000 young girls working in
South india under the sumangali scheme; girls are being over worked in
conditions that could classify as modern day slavery.