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Many people can sympathize with the Robin Hood ‘stealing from the rich to give to the poor’ ideology, but in Haryana, India, the opposite is happening.
Labour Behind the Label staff member Anna McMullen reports back from a trip to Cambodia.
A People's Tribunal into the state of poverty pay in the Cambodian garment industry took place this February, following months of mass faintings and worker strikes. The verdict announced an immediate need for action.
Workers at Asda’s “showcase” clothing factories, which are supposed to offer improved pay and conditions, report being slapped, having their hair pulled and regularly working 60 hour weeks, according to ActionAid's new report. The report, The real Asda price reveals that in one of Asda’s model factories in Bangladesh, nearly half of staff interviewed said they had suffered some kind of physical abuse and three quarters had been sworn at. Over 60% said they were not allowed to use the toilet when they needed to.
All brands except Debenhams have now responded to the shocking findings of the Taking Liberties report, which revealed workers in India are paid less than half the living wage, live in slum conditions, and have their rights systematically exploited.
The struggle for a decent life for garment workers in India goes far deeper than the problem of poverty wages, the taking liberties report by Labour Behind the Label and War on Want reveals.'Taking Liberties: the story behind the UK high street' investigates the true life accounts of workers from Gurgaon, India producing for respected highstreet brands M&S, Debenhams and Next.
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