Rhodes,A Brazilian supplier for the company Zara(part of Inditex), is being investigated for claims against their unsanitary and bad working conditions. They have been reported to forcing workers to use the bathroom in inhumane conditions. They also are suffering from long working hours. When officials raided the Rhodes factory they found people working in stifling, confined spaces for 14 hrs a day!!!! They force their labor to work such exhausting hours they even have sleeping headquarters above the factory floor! Can you even imagine working a 14 hr shift, to tired to even go home and end up sleeping at work in a room with other co-workers, and the worst- not having a sanitary place for your private business?!!? Inditex is ordering Rhodes factory to IMMEDIATELY REGULARIZE the conditions for all its workers. I strongly feel this factory owes their employees compensation for the extremely disgusting conditions they have had to deal with. I believe Zara is stepping up but if they do not fix these conditions fast then Zara should cancel them as a supplier. They do not deserve to be in business if they can not treat their employees fairly.
Check out the article for yourself!
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Categories/Individualcompanies/Z/ZarapartofInditex
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