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Baptist World Aid Ethical Fashion Report 2018 - The Green Hub The report sheds light on what the industry and individual companies are doing to address forced labour, child labour and exploitation. This year Baptist World Aid rated 407 brands.

The woman who sewed this $3 t-shirt or singlet most likely earned just 12 cents for her work. The average garment factory worker in Bangladesh earns just 37cents an hour, no matter how many items she sews.

Oxfam research* reveals just 4% of the price of a piece of clothing sold in Australia goes toward workers’ wages in garment factories. Four percent!

Also revealed is that it would cost big business only 1% more of the retail price (3 cents for a $3 T-shirt) to pay its garment workers a wage they can live on. One percent. So why don’t they???

Greater-Good Friends, this is where you and I have the power to change things.

Join me in demanding that big clothing brands pay a living wage (that covers at least food, housing, healthcare, utilities, clothing, transport, education, with some money for emergencies) to the women who make our clothing.

1️⃣ Sign the Oxfam Pledge
http://whatshemakes.oxfam.org.au/?utm_source=oau&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=whatshemakes

2️⃣ Message the big brands’ social media pages (Click on their FB pages below). Copy and paste this if you wish:

I care about factory garment workers and so I’m really concerned about her not making a living wage. I would not work for less than a living wage and doubt you (or your daughters, sisters, mothers) would either. I expect your business to adjust profit margins to shoulder a minuscule 1% increase in the retail price to ensure workers can afford life’s basics. Will you make a public, time-bound commitment to pay your workers a living wage? Until then, I cannot support the exploitation of people for profit and will choose to shop elsewhere.

3️⃣ Share this far and wide.

The women making our clothing will thank you for it.

FB pages — click on these brands and tell them they can do better:
Kmart Australia
BIG W
Best&Less
Target Australia
Country Road
ZARA
H&M
Millers
Katies Fashion
Just_Jeans
Peter Alexander Sleepwear
Forever New
David Jones
MYER
JayJays
Jeanswest
Cotton On

*research conducted by Deloitte