Ivanka Trump Makes Clothing In Chinese Sweatshop With Several Labor Violations: Report
What would daddy think of Ivanka’s use of cheap Chinese labor?
Donald Trump has benefitted politically by attacking companies that manufacture their goods overseas, particularly in China. But Donald Trump is a do what I say not what I do kind of guy so it comes as no surprise that a new report reveals that Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka uses a Chinese sweatshop that has a history of labor violations.
The Washington Post reported on Tuesday that workers at the G-III Apparel Group who make clothes for Ivanka’s fashion company work nearly 60 hours a week for $62 a week. What would dad think of Ivanka’s use of cheap Chinese labor?
The G-III Apparel Group, owns the rights to manufacture and distribute Ivanka’s fashion line.
The Washington Post report noted that inspectors with the Fair Labor Association found dozens of violations of international labor standards during their audit of the factory in China used to make Ivanka’s clothing. The Post also noted that the news of labor violations at her Chinese factory “comes as the president’s daughter has sought to cast herself as both a champion of workplace issues and a defender of her father’s “buy American, hire American” agenda.”
According to the Washington Post, “The inspection offers a rare look at the working conditions of the global manufacturing machine that helped make Trump’s fashion brand a multimillion-dollar business.”
And despite the fact that Chinese law limits overtime work at 36 hours per month, “Workers at the G-III factory in China were required to work 57 hours a week ‘on a regular basis’ to hit production targets, inspectors found.”
Not only were employees being overworked but they were also being staggeringly underpaid. According to the Washington Post, “The factory’s workers made between 1,879 and 2,088 yuan a month, or roughly $255 to $283, which would be below minimum wage in some parts of China. The average manufacturing employee in urban China made twice as much money as the factory’s workers, or roughly 4,280 yuan a month, according to national data from 2014.”
You can read the full Washington Post report here.
