“We tried to protest in the summer, because we had been forced to work until 10 p.m. However, even adults are only supposed to work eight. These long days are in breach of the laws both of Myanmar and the International Labour Organization, which sets the minimum working age at 14 in countries “where the economy and educational facilities are insufficiently developed,” (although The Guardian notes that the county allows children aged 13 to 15 to do light work, as long as it does not threaten their health, safety, or education).Īccording to a feature about the book on the Swedish news site Geo, the young girls got the jobs with the help of forged identification cards, because younger workers are only supposed to work four hours a day. at two factories, Myanmar Century Liaoyuan Knitted Wear and Myanmar Wedge Garment, both near the capital city of Yangon.
Zu Zu, who started work at the age of 14, told authors Moa Kärnstrand and Tobias Andersson Akerblom that the factories “employed anyone who wanted to work.” The writers claim to have spoken with a handful of 15-year-old girls who were working until 10 p.m. How can this continue?” The authors traveled around Southeast Asia to report back on “the people who pay the real price for our cheap clothes.” Nothing indicates that it has gotten better. Meanwhile, it is reported repeatedly about the clothing industry’s dirty back, where slave factories, deadly poisons, and child labor are part of everyday life. Recent trends ironed out to customers at a furious pace. “The Western world often talks of the democratization of fashion, how the cheap clothing chain allows everyone to dress fashionably. “How was your shirt so cheap?” the book’s description asks.
And they make under $3 a day, the lowest minimum wage in the world, reports The Guardian. H&M, which has a global presence and is headquartered in the Scandinavian nation, has contracts with two factories in Myanmar that have employed children as young as 14 to work more than 12 hours a day, according to Modeslavar (“fashion slaves” in English). One of the largest retailers in the world is reportedly guilty of working with preteen employees. Fast fashion comes at a cost, as shown by a new book published in Sweden.
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