Unpaid Zara Workers Cry for Help by Slipping Secret Messages in Clothes’ Pockets

[Kstarnet]

Imagine shopping for clothes at your favourite high street store and checking its tag for the price or size, only to come across a rather peculiar message that reads,

 

“I made this item you are going to buy, but I didn’t get paid for it.â€

 

That’s exactly what some shoppers discovered while they were on a retail therapy sesh at one of the Zara stores in Istanbul recently, as they found these cries for help in the form of secret messages hidden inside the pockets of garments in-store, the Associated Press reported.
 

 

Apparently, an outsource manufacturer for Zara called Bravo Tekstil had reportedly shut down overnight and failed to pay its employees their three-month salary including severance allowance.

 

Hence, the factory workers resorted to having these messages handwritten and slipped into the pockets of garments or their tags to urge shoppers to back their campaign and pressure Zara into paying them what they’ve earned.

 

A petition on change.org called “Justice For Bravo Workers†has also been set up in efforts to campaign for their long-overdue wages, which has since garnered over 19,000 signatures; that leaves them with 20 more per cent more to reach their 25,000 goal!

 

So far, Zara’s parent company Inditex (that also owns Mango and Next) has yet to comment on this matter.

 

According to Independent, this isn’t the first time the Spanish fashion retailer has been involved in such controversy. Previously, the fast-fashion company has also come under fire for causing environmental damage, ripping off designs from young designers and overlooking poor factory conditions.

 

In fact, they were once sued for allowing unsafe and abusive working conditions along with allegations on child labour and slavoury. The worse is probably when they exploited Syrian refugees as young as 15 years old!

 

 

 

That’s pretty sad, considering Zara is known to be one of the leading high street labels in the world that rakes in £53.4 million (approx. RM296 million) in annual sales and has over 2,200 stores worldwide.

 

Well, we certainly hope the Bravo workers get paid what they’re owed because that’s their basic right as an employee!

 

Source: http://www.worldofbuzz.com/unpaid-zara-workers-cry-help-slipping-secret-messages-clothes-pockets/

That’s pretty sad, considering Zara is known to be one of the leading high street labels in the world that rakes in £53.4 million (approx. RM296 million) in annual sales and has over 2,200 stores worldwide. Well, we certainly hope the Bravo workers get paid what they’re owed because that’s their basic right as an employee!

Read more at WOB: http://www.worldofbuzz.com/unpaid-zara-workers-cry-help-slipping-secret-messages-clothes-pockets/

[versace]

Zara needs to stop fucking around especially when theyre like the most expensive fast fashion brand in our country.....

[Danee Danee]

ZARA is shit tbh. They are stealing designs from smaller artists, mistreating their employees and dont offer any kind of quality in comparision with other shops with similar price cathegory (at least in my country). Tbh dont understand why people buy their products. 

[shefangirls]

I had made a vow to myself a long time ago to stop buying from fast fashion stores... broke it with Bershka and Stradivarius. I think I will be keeping it from now on again, considering both shops are under the same owner as Zara (I think). Plus the price and quality relationship is pretty bad.

[kimchidiablo]

Zara and its sister brands have already faced this controversy multiple times but still, they are still going strong. Afaik H&M has the best labor regulation.

[kittymommy]

Disgusting piece of shit of a company. Taking advantage of poor & desperate people, ripping design yet dare to sell your stuff as high brand item? The audacity!!

[GodBot]

Zara needs to stop fucking around especially when theyre like the most expensive fast fashion brand in our country.....

 

Zara is cheap as hell. You would see like $200+ products dropped to like $30.

[Mr. Phoenix]

Zara is not a "fashion brand" - they offer cheap designer knockoffs at low prices in big mall stores.  They are about as much of a fashion brand as any generic Walmart or Target store label, just with prettier packaging.

[JihyoStoleMyHeartAYAYAY]

Zara needs to stop fucking around especially when theyre like the most expensive fast fashion brand in our country.....

[versace]

Zara is cheap as hell. You would see like $200+ products dropped to like $30.

that never happens here :'( all the do is cut like 20% when they have sales

[lolski]

Zara is my favourite fast fashion brand  

[ezgiT]

ZARA is shit tbh. They are stealing designs from smaller artists, mistreating their employees and dont offer any kind of quality in comparision with other shops with similar price cathegory (at least in my country). Tbh dont understand why people buy their products.