Women in Turkey who make clothes sold in the U.S. and Europe say they work up to 20 hours a day, suffer verbal abuse, are denied bathroom breaks and face threats of dismissal, according to an investigation by Ozlem Temena for New Lines, with support from the Fund. The factories benefit from Turkish government incentives, while conditions for workers have not changed, and reports from government and corporate inspections don’t match conditions that workers describe inside the factories, Temena found.
Clothes sold in the U.S. are produced in Turkish factories where women face harsh conditions, grantee reports
