Click here to download: factsheet19+The+living+wage.pdfFactsheet 19: the living wage
Over the past few years, living wages have been one of the most significant issues in public discussions about garment workers' rights, whether in the media or in campaign publications. Startling wage figures as low as 4p an hour horrify and catch the reader's attention, and provided a ready comparison with labour standards here in the UK. In this factsheet we will examine wages in garment supply chains, look at the concept of living wages and the various ways of quantifying them, and see what fashion brands and retailers have to say, and should be doing, about wages...
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