Australian fashion brands operating 'shocking' conditions, reports Oxfam

NEWS: The harrowing life of an Australian fashion brand garment worker has been revealed in a new Oxfam report on the industry.

Image of a female Bangladeshi factory worker cooking at her home

เก้าใน 10 นั้น ไม่สามารถแม้จะซื้ออาหารให้กับตัวเองหรือครอบครัวของพวกเขาได้ จนกระทั่งถึงวันค่าจ้างออกครั้งต่อไป Source: AAP/obtained by SBS News

Garment worker and mum Tania often cries alone when she isn't busy making clothes for Australian fashion brands.

The 21-year-old, who works as a sewing operator in central Bangladesh, has been forced to send her daughter 250km away and visit her only twice a year in a bid to ensure the family's survival on her meagre wage.

She is one of hundreds of garment workers in Bangladesh and Vietnam whose daily suffering has been revealed in the first in-depth exploration of their lives in a new report.

You can read the full version of this story in English on SBS News here.


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