Here are some very good reasons to stop with the Shein hauls. A new investigation by the U.K. broadcaster Channel 4 has uncovered alarming details about Shein's unethical business practices, including up to 18-hour workdays with only one day off a month
has uncovered details about the business practices of the Chinese fast-fashion company Shein. The outlet sent an undercover worker to film inside two factories in Guangzhou that supply clothes to the fast fashion giant.
In one factory, Channel 4 found that workers receive a base salary of 4,000 yuan per month — roughly $556 — to make 500 pieces of clothing per day and that their first month’s pay is withheld from them; in another factory, workers received the equivalent of four cents per item. Workers in both factories were working up to 18-hour days and were given only one day off a month.
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