Workers sewing in a garment factory — Photo credit: EYERUSALEM JIREGNA / Toronto Star

Inside the factories that make your clothes

The COVID-19 pandemic triggered unprecedented levels of poverty, indebtedness and exploitative conditions in the garment industry, according to the findings of a joint Toronto Star/Global Reporting Centre investigation in collaboration with researchers from the University of Sheffield.

How a Canadian Reporting Lab Is Pioneering Academic-Journalist Collaboration

Published July 19, 2021 in GIJN.

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Inspections were promised to stop the rampant abuse inside sweatshops. So why are workers’ conditions ‘worse than ever before?’

Published June 21, 2021 in the Toronto Star

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Unpaid wages. Abuse. Restrictions on bathroom breaks. Inside the worsening conditions of the garment factories that make the clothes in your closet

Published June 20, 2021 in the Toronto Star

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The Canadian government spends more than $100 million on clothes annually. Do the garments come from an ethical supply chain?

Published June 20, 2021 in the Toronto Star

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What is the most ethical way to purchase clothes?

Published June 20, 2021 in the Toronto Star

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