ദിവസം ഒരു ഡോളര്‍ ശമ്പളമാണ് എത്യോപ്യയിലെ വിദേശ തുണി കോര്‍പ്പറേറ്റ് ജോലിക്കാര്‍ക്ക്

The Hawassa Industrial Park in Ethiopia is the new face of the garment industry’s makeover. It has attracted PVH, one of the largest apparel companies in the world, whose brands include Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger, along with JC Penney, the Children’s Place, and H&M, among others. The labor conditions are far better than those in Bangladesh — the well-ventilated sheds are structurally sound, the park contains 17 miles of unblemished paved roads, and all of its wastewater is pumped into a “zero liquid discharge” treatment plant that recycles and reuses 90 percent of the water. Bill McRaith, chief supply chain officer for the American PVH, said the new park “will show the world there is no conflict between companies doing well and companies doing right by the people, the community, and the environment they operate within.” But the notion that the Hawassa Industrial Park is the future of the garment industry should be cause for concern — in a notoriously exploitative industry, the factories in Ethiopia pay some of the lowest wages of any garment factories in the world. The base salary for workers inside the park is less than $1 a day.