It would cost you 20 cents more per T-shirt to pay an Indian worker a living wage
- Written by Murray Ross Hall, PhD Candidate, School of Earth and Environmental Science, The University of Queensland
A farmer harvests cotton in Maharashtra, India.ShutterstockIf we really care about protecting the people who make the things we wear and use, we need to raise wages for workers in supply chains to above the poverty line. Our research shows that this only requires a 20 cent increase in the Australian retail price for a T-shirt made in India.
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