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Pakistan: Garment workers allegedly paid 29p an hour in appalling conditions at factories supplying to Boohoo; Boohoo commits to investigate
BHRRC Boohoo selling clothes made by Pakistani workers who earned 29p an hour , 22 December 2020
The fast fashion brand Boohoo is selling clothes made by Pakistani factory workers who say they face appalling conditions and earn as little as 29p an hour, an investigation by the Guardian has found. In interviews in. Faisalabad, workers at two factories claimed they were paid 10,000PKR (£47) a month, well below the legal monthly minimum wage. while making clothes to be sold by Boohoo.
The chief executive of Madina Gloves insists Ahmed’s allegations are all untrue. He also says he has had no recent order from Boohoo.
The boss of another factory under scrutiny, AH Fashion, also says there has been no wrongdoing and workers are paid fairly and treated well. And a UK-based third-party buyer, JD Fashion Limited, which makes orders at AH Fashion for Boohoo, says it has made no new orders there since October.
Boohoo itself says it acted decisively to deal with issues in Leicester and intends to treat the allegations in Faisalabad with the same rigour.
It initially said AH Fashion was audited in November and given a clean bill of health, then added that it had found it was not on an approved supplier list for JD Fashion (which has no connection to the retailer JD Sports) and said it had been told the factory was closed throughout November.