Garment Worker Diaries: lives and wages of garment workers

A new research project by Fashion Revolution shows lives of garment workers dealing with minimum wages, working hours and chronic diseases.

The Garment Worker Diaries is a yearlong research project led by Microfinance Opportunities (MFO) in collaboration with Fashion Revolution. Interviewers will visit 540 garment workers each week for the next 12 months to learn the intimate details of their lives. They will find out what happens behind the garment factory gates and what life is like outside of work too.
The interviewers will ask the garment workers about what they earn and buy, how they spend their time each day, and whether they experience any harassment, injuries or suffer from pain while at the factory. Labour rights advocates say that workers in Bangladesh, Cambodia, and India often receive less than the minimum wage. Even if they do receive the minimum wage, the advocates say, it may not be enough for workers who need to pay housing costs and provide themselves and their families with food, health care, and other necessities.
The aim of such project is to collect data on the lives of garment workers in such countries. Fashion Revolution will use its findings to advocate for changes in consumer and corporate behaviour and policy changes that improve the living and working conditions of garment workers everywhere.