Monday 30 December 2019

Made in the EU: Why workers are fleeing Romania’s garment industry

an article by Laura Stefanut published in Eurozine


Photo by Laura Stefanut via Balkan Insights.

‘Sweatshops’ are usually associated with labour outsourced to east- and south-east Asia, but they exist inside the EU too. Gruelling working conditions in Romania’s low-pay garment industry, which supplies clothes for mid-market and luxury retailers alike, force many people to go abroad in search of a real living wage.

This article was published in IWMpost #124. Fall/Winter 2019.

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