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#FashionChecker: Calling for a living wage for garment workers and a more transparent supply chain

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The European Union is committed to making value chains in the garment sector more sustainable and is supporting a broad range of initiatives to promote decent work and reduce vulnerabilities for garment workers across the world.

Read about what the EU is doing for a more sustainable garment sector here and the EU’s Ethical Fashion Initiative here.

An estimated 60 million workers power the billion-Euro global garment industry. The majority of these workers work in indecent conditions, for long hours and for wages that do not cover the basic cost of living.

80% of these workers are women.

Research carried out by the Clean Clothes Campaign remarkably shows that no major clothing brand is able to prove that workers making their clothing are paid a living wage in Asia, Africa, Central America or Eastern Europe.

All workers in a supply chain should have a right to a living wage.

Fashion Checker has been launched to shine a light on the working conditions being faced by garment workers, giving consumers, garment workers and other stakeholders access to real data from the supply chains of the worlds’ biggest brands.

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