Big brands are keeping the women who make our clothes living in poverty.

The women who make our clothes do not make enough to live on – keeping them in poverty. Despite long hours away from their families, working full time plus many hours of overtime, big clothing brands do not pay garment workers enough money to cover the basics of life – food and decent shelter.

Oxfam’s What She Makes campaign demands big clothing brands pay the women who make our clothes a living wage.

Together, with your voice demanding action, and Oxfam’s direct engagement with brands, we urge clothing companies to take the crucial next step in creating a fairer fashion industry.

Overview

On average, just 4% of the price of a piece of clothing sold in Australia goes toward workers’ wages in garment factories.
If brands absorbed the cost of paying living wages within their supply chains, it would cost them less than 1% of the price of a garment.
By not paying a living wage, big brands are keeping the women who make our clothes in poverty.

Right now, big brands are part of a system that pays poverty wages. It is particularly unfortunate that this system persists in a time of pandemic when the industry has grown yet many garment workers are finding it harder than ever.

It is now time for brands to publicly commit to paying living wages. Brands must develop credible, transparent, time-bound plans to map out how they will achieve this goal.

Brands must publicly commit to paying living wages.

A living wage is not a luxury or a privilege, it is a universal human right for every working person around the world, including the women who make our clothes.

We are all cut from the same cloth. We are people who care about how our clothes are made.

Together, we stand with the women who make our clothes and demand big brands pay a living wage. Make brands rethink #WhatSheMakes, sign the pledge today.

Together, we’re tackling poverty in the fashion industry.

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