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With Inflation Painfully High, Fashion’s Garment Workers Pay the Price

Labour groups are warning of a new crisis on the horizon, as brands cancel orders ahead of the holiday season and living costs rise.
Ready-made garment workers in a factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh on February 27, 2022.
High inflation is threatening already precarious livelihoods for garment workers in countries like Bangladesh. (Kazi Salahuddin Razu/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Every month, Ayesha Barenblat coordinates a call between organisations on the front line of efforts to secure better pay and safer working conditions for the garment makers who power the fashion industry.

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A new report exposing abuse of garment workers in factories linked to major brands in Myanmar points to ways mounting political and economic instability are worsening human rights risks in fashion’s supply chain.

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Sarah Kent
Sarah Kent

Sarah Kent is Chief Sustainability Correspondent at The Business of Fashion. She is based in London and drives BoF's coverage of critical environmental and labour issues.

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