Radmilla Suleymanova writes for Al Jazeera: The global fashion and retail industry’s reliance on producing quick-turnaround goods at a low cost through outsourcing and complex, globalised supply chains has allowed forced labour to thrive, workers’ rights advocates warn, claiming that major fashion brands profiting from the model seem reluctant to change.
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![Garment employees work in a sewing section of the Fakhruddin Textile Mills Limited in Gazipur, Bangladesh, where one million garment workers were fired or temporarily let go when fashion brands cancelled orders at the height of last year's coronavirus pandemic lockdowns [File: Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/garment1.jpg?resize=770%2C513)
Garment employees work in a sewing section of the Fakhruddin Textile Mills Limited in Gazipur, Bangladesh, where one million garment workers were fired or temporarily let go when fashion brands cancelled orders at the height of last year’s coronavirus pandemic lockdowns [File: Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters]
