60) Living Wages for Garment Makers | with Anne Bienias of Clean Clothes Campaign

Conscious Style Podcast

Anna Bienias — the Living Wage Coordinator at Clean Clothes Campaign — shares why living wages are an essential element of a more just slow fashion future. In this episode, guest host Stella Hertantyo asks Anne about:

• Why paying garment workers low, non-livable wages is what underpins fast fashion;
• What a living wage is, how they are determined, and how this differs from a minimum wage;
• Whose responsibility it should be to ensure that living wages are paid;
• The most effective way to hold brands accountable to pay living wages without jeopardizing the livelihoods of workers;
• And why paying garment workers higher wages doesn't necessarily mean that they will lose their jobs.

Hit play to find out what it takes to achieve living wages for garment workers in the fashion industry.

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FULL SHOW NOTES & TRANSCRIPT:

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RESOURCES MENTIONED:

• Good Clothes, Fair Pay Campaign
• Take Action! Sign the Good Clothes, Fair Pay Petition
• @ohsoethical Instagram
• Fashion Checker

EPISODE MENTIONED:

• Ep.11 - Fashion Activism: It’s Time for Brands to #PayUp with Ayesha Barenblat

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• Twitter - @cleanclothes

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