Fair Trade for the Global Garment Industry
Solidarity Center Cambodia Country Director David Welsh writes: “Given the global nature of the garment industry, and of its shortcomings, improving workers’ lot calls for a global solution. The most efficient approach is to increase the costs to the big brands themselves of tolerating poor working conditions... [t]he big brands are ultimately responsible for the basic welfare of all the workers who toil for their bottom line.”
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