Foreign Primark workers 'earn 7p an hour'
source: http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20081205/tuk-foreign-workers-earn-7p-an-hour-6323e80.html
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An anti-poverty charity, War on Want, has uncovered that UK highstreet fashion chain Primark are paying its workers in Bangladesh as little as 7p an hour and is ignoring the 70% inflationary rise in basic living costs in the region over the last two years.
While the workers are now estimated as needing the equivalent of £44.82 a month to feed their families and pay for clean water, shelter, clothes, education, health care and transport, the charity says that the average Primark worker earned just £19.16 a month. Other chains accused of similar abuses include the clothing lines for Asda and Tesco.
War on Want is currently campaigning for the UK government to enforce regulations on minimum wages that must be paid by these companies, and for them to take account of infaltion.
While the workers are now estimated as needing the equivalent of £44.82 a month to feed their families and pay for clean water, shelter, clothes, education, health care and transport, the charity says that the average Primark worker earned just £19.16 a month. Other chains accused of similar abuses include the clothing lines for Asda and Tesco.
War on Want is currently campaigning for the UK government to enforce regulations on minimum wages that must be paid by these companies, and for them to take account of infaltion.
