Beyonce's Ivy Park range 'made by sweat shop slaves earning just 44p an HOUR'
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Beyonce"s Ivy Park range "made by sweat shop slaves earning just 44p an HOUR"
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Beyonce ‘s sportswear range Ivy Park has been accused of being made by workers earning just 44p an hour in poor conditions.
The singer’s new collection for Topshop – which was created to “support and inspire women” – has come under fire with claims seamstresses in Sri Lanka are being paid around £4.30 a day.
According to The Sun on Sunday, campaigner Jakub Sobik of Anti-Slavery International said: “With what is being described here, this is a form of sweat shop slavery…
“Companies like Topshop have a duty to find out if these things are happening, and it has long been shown that ethical inspections by these companies are failing.”
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It comes as an unnamed seamstress from MAS Holdings -which employs 74,000 workers, with 70 percent of them women – dismissed claims of “empowerment”.
She said: “When they talk about women and empowerment this is just for the foreigners. They want the foreigners to think everything is OK.”
Other spoke of poor conditions, with campaigners insisting the women are being “exploited” with many working more than 60 hours week to make ends meet.
MAS are not breaking any laws, with the poorest workers still paid more than the legal minimum wage of 13,500 rupees a month – although campaigners feel it shuld be closer to 43,000 rupees.
Chloe Green Karrueche Tran were amongst the stars at the launch last month
A Topshop spokeswoman defended the “ethical trading programme” used for Beyonce’s new range .
She told the newspaper: “Ivy Park has a rigorous ethical trading programme.
“We are proud of our sustained efforts in terms of factory inspections and audits, and our teams work very closely with our suppliers and their factories to ensure compliance.
“We expect our suppliers to meet our code of conduct and we support them in achieving these requirements.”
Source: Celebmirror
Beyonce"s Ivy Park range "made by sweat shop slaves earning just 44p an HOUR"
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