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As you’ve read stories about the dead mice being sown into dresses, producing clothes with alt-right symbols and continuously attempts to rip off brands and designers. Once again they’ve made headlines after shoppers reportedly found frightening hidden notes on the tags inside the clothing.
Several workers in Istanbul, Turkey wrote notes begging for help through handwritten notes that had been woven into various garments. Notes included situations regarding unfair working hours, poor pay, and unsafe working conditions. One tag reportedly states : “I made this item you are going to buy, but I didn’t get paid for it.”
Majority of the workers were employed at Bravo Tekstil, a factory which, after it closed down last year, reportedly left its employees with months of unpaid wages. More recently, Bravo employees launched an online petition on change.org, demanding compensation after the company’s owner went missing.
“We have all labored for Zara/Inditex, Next, and Mango for years,” reads the page. “We made these brands’ products with our own hands, earning huge profits for them. We demand now that these brands give us the basic respect to compensate us for our labor.”
The print company of Zara, Index, stated in an interview that they are looking to work with trade unions and creating a “hardship fund” for workers that have been affected, regarding the unpaid wages, unused vacation and severance pay.
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