Modern Slavery
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many of you have heard about this brand
sarah topshop h m and uniqlo
i even bought most of my clothes from
the store what mega shop there
well i think because this brand they are
well known
their clothes are always in trend and
they are affordable
yes that is true but do you know the
manner in which this flora produced
the answer is industry known as fast
fashion hi i’m jeans
and i’m here to tell you about the
negative consequences of fast fashion
industry according to anima joy from
university of british columbia
fast fashion can be defined as cheap
trendy clothing
that mimic the luxury fashion trend is
produced high speed to meet the customer
demand
it’s true that the cloud is trendy and
affordable
so why is that a problem
according to mathilda chapelle founder
of the ngo of 16 years die
the negative consequences of placing
fast fashion industry
in developing countries can be divided
into multiple categories
you might have heard about child labor
but there are more
paying on the minimum wage overworked
employees and terrible health and safety
conditions
let’s examine this one by one together
first paying under minimum wage
in many manufacturing countries such as
china india and bangladesh
the minimum wage they have set for the
labor is about 20
to 50 of the living wage according to
chapel a small minority number
of fast fashion brands have claimed that
they are paying their worker
at the minimum wage that means there are
many other fashion brands that are
paying their worker
under the minimum wage sadly worker make
wages so small that they cannot feed
their own family
by the necessity or have a good quality
of life
this clearly violates many laws
regarding workers right
so paying under minimum wage is not only
tragic but also
illegal second
overworked employees according according
to pauline raw
another prominent researcher in fast
fashion industry
during the peak season workers have to
work 14 to 16 hours a day producing
clothes
this equates to 96 hours a week with a
minimal risk and no days off
to put this into perspective isb
students
usually spend seven to eight hours a day
at school
but can you imagine coming to school at
7 45 and end at 10 pm at night
with no break in between those are the
daily hours for many
for many workers in fast fashion
industry
it is obvious that they are not only
mistreated but also overworked
third terrible health and safety
condition
according to business and
humanstride.org many fast fashion
factories don’t have adequate air
circulation
workers have to breathe in the toxic end
and sometimes
inhale the fibroids this can lead to
further complications with lung and auto
illness
so not always terrible but so are the
working environment
lastly the most tragic one child labor
according to unicef 170 million
children are forced to work since fast
fashion industry require low skill labor
it is common to find child labor in fast
fashion industry
for example in south india 2500 girls
have to work in a textile factory for
five years
just to earn a minimum wage this is not
only shameful that they cannot attend to
school
but it is unacceptable for the global
community to accept this kind of
treatment for children
if these information are not alarming
you enough you can see the documentary
by yourself
it is available on netflix the
documentary is called the true
cost according to the documentary this
is a rana plaza building
a textile factory that produced code
from many well-known fast fashion brand
in dhaka bangladesh
yes this is why your were made
sadly many workers have have told the
manager about the cracking around the
building
a small cracking create a tragic
accident
it cost 1134 people to death
and injured 2500 people
they are no one for you but they are
someone for some people
they are all important just like us
this clearly shown that fast version
have detrimental consequences
for many workers in fast in developing
countries
so what can we do to help i propose
three solutions
buy less read the label and shop
sustainably
let’s examine this one by one together
buy less if everyone buy less the global
demand will decrease
which means fewer workers will be needed
the company will have to readjust their
manufacturing practice
second read the label it is important
that we
read the label before we buying a
workload we must know what it is made of
and where it comes from
china indian bangladesh play a big part
in the fast fashion industry
so try to avoid quotable produce from
this country
last solution is to shop sustainably the
cost might be higher
than fast fashion product but the cost
is actually good
workers are treated nice nicely and
the material is sustainable urban’s good
kramer dr collective and continue
are four sustainable brands that are
available in asia
these brands avoid a danger of fast
fashion
look i know i single-handedly cannot
solve this fast fashion problem
but maybe if we work together and have
more informed decisions perhaps we can
improve many lives of mistreated workers
in the global marketplace thank you