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It’s estimated that the average percentage of the final retail cost of a garment made in the developing world that goes to the garment worker ranges from 0.5- 4%

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2012 - http://behind-the-seams.org/living-wages/


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The minimum wage for garment workers in Bangladesh as of December 2018 was 8,000 takka (approx. $95) a month.

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If brands absorbed the cost of paying living wages within their supply chains, it would cost them less than 1 percent of the price of a garment.

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