Factsheet 5a: worker case studies - life in garment factories

Asha was working on an overlocking machine at Go Go International, in Bombay, earning Rs 2,600 per month (US$56).

She had been working there for approximately six years, but had not been made permanent, nor had other workers who had been working there for up to ten years.

Fear of dismissal was used by the employer as a means of control over the workers, especially since there were informers among the workers who were used as a means of surveillance over the others...

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Factsheet 5a: worker case studies - life in garment factories