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Exploitation is a concept defined as, in its broadest sense, one agent taking unfair advantage of another agent. [1] When applying this to labour (or labor), it denotes an unjust social relationship based on an asymmetry of power or unequal exchange of value between workers and their employers. [2]
Shein (/ ˈ ʃ iː ɪ n / ⓘ SHEE-in; styled as SHEIN; Chinese: 希音; pinyin: Xīyīn) is a global e-commerce platform specializing in fast fashion.While the company primarily focuses on women's clothing, it also offers men's apparel, children's wear, accessories, makeup, shoes, bags, and other fashion items.
The NYSE asked Shein to make its filing public after political figures pressured the company on its alleged human-rights abuses and exploitation of trade loopholes.
Most factories that produce "fast" clothing employ workers on low wages. Workers from Shein are reported to make as little as 4 cents per garment produced, as well as operating on 18-hour workdays with 1 day off per month. [41] Exploitative fast fashion production is prevalent in countries like China, Bangladesh and Vietnam. [42]
The “evidence” cited in some of these videos is a tag that reads, “Do not dry clean due to water saving technology, need your help washing with the soft detergent the first time” — which ...
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Critique of work or critique of labour is the critique of, or wish to abolish, work as such, and to critique what the critics of works deem wage slavery. [1] [2] [3] Critique of work can be existential, and focus on how labour can be and/or feel meaningless, and stands in the way for self-realisation.
Three independent designers have brought a lawsuit against Chinese fast-fashion retailer Shein accusing the company of racketeering and “egregious” copyright infringement.