According to companies like Softwear Automation, in the not too distant future, it will work out even cheaper to invest in technology than to hire the workers with the lowest wages on the planet.

Government statistics show that 39 Indonesians died in the Middle East and Africa between January and July 2017 – that’s one person every four days.

“The ascendancy of neoliberalism in the 1990s as the framework in which economic policy is set [led to] market liberalisation and economic deregulation, with attendant consequences for local industries, particularly the textile and garment [...]

“This is an attempt to deal with a trade union in conditions of the deteriorating economic situation and possible social protests in order to bring under control those who are capable of mobilising workers or of expressing their concerns.”

“PepsiCo is turning a blind eye as it sources its palm oil from companies that abuse workers on their palm oil plantations.”

Some of the theories behind the frequent episodes of mass fainting in Cambodian garment factories range from poor work conditions to poverty, and even spirit possession.