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It has been alleged that Shein uses forced labor to make its products (https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/01/shein-china-congress-forced-labor-inquiry.html https://ww
by StopHammoTime 3y ago
It has been alleged that Shein uses forced labor to make its products (https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/01/shein-china-congress-forced-labor-inquiry.html https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/01/shein-china-congress-forced-...).
Anecdotally, I have heard that there is three towns where a predominant amount of Shein clothes are made and while people are free to leave, they’re paid in “company bucks” akin to company towns in the late 1800s/early 1900s US.
- ceejayoz 3y agoH&M (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/06/business/xinjiang-china-cotton-brands.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/06/business/xinjiang-china-c...) and Zara (https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Retail/Uniqlo-Zara-owners-face-new-Paris-lawsuit-over-Uyghur-forced-labor https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Retail/Uniqlo-Zara-owners-f...) have been accused of the same. Forever 21 has a direct parnership with Shein (https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/24/shein-strikes-deal-with-fast-fashion-retailer-forever-21.html https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/24/shein-strikes-deal-with-fast...). If you're buying a t-shirt for under $20, forced labor is probably somewhere in the supply chain.
- ntsrnrrt 3y ago[dead]