Kylie faces backlash for not paying up Bangladeshi workers
27 June, 2020
The Global fashion line by Kylie Jenner and Cardi B has refused to pay for its Bangladeshi factory employees.Social media users got enraged when news broke out that the Global Brand Group that represents them were cancelling orders and firing workers in Bangladesh and LA without paying out them, reports The Independent.
The LA factory involved has up to now impacted up to 50,000 women who are also ineligible for government assistance due to their immigration status.
The matter prompted angry users to slam the youngest Kardashian and Cardi on social media. Situation started to be worse when comments began deleting on Kylie's posts. But persons refused to attend.
The #PayUp campaign exposing multi-million dollar brands in addition has created a petition that previously has over 78,000 signatories demanding a fair purchase workers. Petitioners are also demanding the staff be employed on contracts that prevent them from staying exploited.The Global Brand Group has been quick to jump to its defence, according to Popbuzz.
After it was discovered that staff weren't being payed for garments that had recently been made in February and March, the brand's CEO Rick Darling explained, "Given the unpredictability of the situation, our retail partners have cancelled orders, and existing inventory and merchandise in production may haven't any sell-through."
"Consequently, we have no choice but to make the challenging decision to cancel all S/S 2020 orders from all suppliers (without liability)," he added.But both Cardi B, who's worth a healthy $24 million, and Kylie who is worth $900 million, are yet to comment on the matter.
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