Ethical Creations - Ethical Sustainable & Sweatshop free clothing. Garment manufacturing is one of the oldest and biggest industries in the world. In the past century we have gone from local manufacture for local markets to a more global based model. Large companies are now manufacturing gypsies that move their factories from one impoverished country to the next chasing the lowest dollar. In 1st and 2nd world countries we now get clothes at ridiculously cheap prices. We have draws and wardrobes full of clothes that don't get fully utilized and buy the next fashion piece at every sale believing that we have got a bargain. But at what cost? Large companies are now manufacturing gypsies that move their factories from one impoverished country to the next chasing the lowest dollar. In Cambodia, many of these garment workers and their families have between 1 and 3 changes of clothes per person that are worn until they are rags. When the base salary for a garment factory worker is $126 per month for 6 day weeks and up to 14 hrs a day, clothes are a luxury item with food being much higher on the list of requirements. Yet in 1st and 2nd world countries clothes are no longer a luxury. Sure you can still spend ridiculous amounts on a fashion label, but the majority of people can afford to buy a $5 t-shirt for just 17 minutes of work on the minimum wage in Australia. If you are on the "average" wage in Australia it takes only 7.5 minutes of work to buy your $5 t-shirt and mere seconds for the higher earners in our country. A Cambodian garment worker needs to work over a day for that same luxury. Ethical creations is a small startup company sourcing clothes that are locally hand made in the small province of Pursat, Cambodia. Our ladies work from home on a fair pay system and with flexible hours to suit their family obligations without having to compromise on their ability to earn an income.
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