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Football shirt factory workers paid under £1 an hour
Original: Inside the £1-an-hour official # football shirt factories Workers are being paid a basic wage of less than £1 an hour to
Workers making official football shirts for some of the world's biggest clubs are being paid a basic wage of less than £1 an hour, according to a BBC Sport investigation into factory conditions in the sport's supply chain. The report has prompted condemnation online, with commenters linking the findings to modern slavery and calling for fair trade practices in kit manufacturing.
Why now: A new BBC investigation into wages in official football shirt factories has just drawn widespread attention
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- Inside the £1-an-hour official # football shirt factories Workers are being paid a basic wage of less than £1 an hour to make official # FootballShirts for some of the world's biggest clubs https://www. bbc.co.uk/sport/football/artic les/cx2lggyz2wgo # FairTrade # slavery #… · RichardAshwell@climatejustice.social
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