If The Factory Owner Runs Away With The Money, Should The Brand Be Responsible To The Workers?

"I made the dress you wanted, but I didn't get the reward."

Last week, The Associated Press reported that consumers were in Istanbul, Turkey, according to the world clothing and shoe net.

The clothes found in the store came from

Complaint labels for factory workers.

Attached to the label is a link to a pay petition, which reads, "we want rights, not charity."

By the end of the press release, online petitions have signed more than 50 thousand people and are increasing.

These workers come from Bravo Tekstil, a garment factory in Istanbul. 75% of their business comes from Zara and the rest comes from Mango and Next.

It has been closed for one year and four months.

The largest trade union alliance in the clothing industry and Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC), a non-governmental organization, said that workers won lawsuits in Turkey court last year and were paid arrears of wages and severance pay in accordance with the law.

About 155 workers asked for 2739281.30 Turkey lira, equivalent to about 4600000 yuan.

But the workers have not received the money. The "sewing label" can only be found in the shops in Istanbul, indicating that these workers are likely to go to the shops and sew them on clothes.

In this way, the attention of easily forgotten people is again attracted.

ZARA parent company

A spokesman for the Fast Company recently provided a written statement that the factory closures in June 2016 were due to the fact that the owner of the Bravo factory was missing with the money given by these fashion companies. "Inditex has fulfilled all its obligations under the contract".

Trade union representatives have been negotiating with Inditex, Mango and Next to help workers get the money they deserve. According to the description of the petition, the brand is willing to pay the 1/4 money at last.

"For the past 12 months, we have waited patiently and hopefully for the outcome of the negotiations.

In order not to let the negotiations break down, we silently put up with it.

However, a year later, they are only willing to pay 1/4 claims.

In other words, these brands admit their responsibilities, but they think we should get their waste only. "

The picture is from: Greenpeace

Faced with the pressure of public opinion, over the past year or more, Inditex announced that it was working with the local union of Global trade unions IndustriALL, Mango and Next to build a difficult fund to help workers affected by the sudden closure of factories.

According to the first quarter earnings report released by Inditex group in mid 2017, Inditex sales rose 14% to 56 billion euros in the three months ending April 30th, and net profit rose 18%.

That is to say, the claim amount of about 155 workers accounted for 0.01% of the Inditex group's quarterly sales.

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