BRAZIL’S LABOUR MINISTRY KEEPS PRESSURE ON TEXTILE SECTOR OVER LABOUR STANDARDS
January 1st, 2016
Playing the blame game with worldwide known fashion brands has become a key strategy at Brazil’s labour and employment ministry, stopping the country’s textile and clothing sector from exploiting vulnerable workers, government inspectors have told WTiN.
They say that the high impact and publicity raids on manufacturing plants over the last five years are finally leading to businesses becoming more responsible over the hiring of workers to toil in poor conditions for little pay. One major scalp has been Spain-based Zara. Brazil's labour ministry ...
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