The average garment worker in Bangladesh is paid about $86/month. A livable wage in the country is around $200/month. Even in the U.S., it’s not much better. Most employees in U.S. garment factories work 60-70 hour per week and are paid $300/week, totaling $1,200/month, according to the Garment Worker Center. Longtime fashion writer and industry expert Dana Thomas joins us to help us understand the labor and environmental crisis plaguing the fashion industry.   Learn more at: https://viewpointsradio.org/barely-surviving-making-a-living-as-a-garment-worker/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices