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Clean Clothes Campaign report highlights labor shortage in Romania

The Clean Clothes Campaign’s new country report for Romania reveals that the country’s garment industry has been suffering from a dramatic labor shortage as its working conditions are infamously bad. The report analyses extensive research investigations spanning the past six years, with a special focus on 2017-2018. For more than a decade, Romania’s garment industry has been suffering from a dramatic labor shortage as the working conditions in the country are very bad.

Workers regard the industry’s extremely low wages as the most serious problem. The average wage within regular working hours of interviewed workers was as low as 14 percent of a living wage. Contrary to the law, the salary within regular working hours was very often below the statutory minimum wage – which itself only constitutes a mere 17 percent of a living wage. According to workers, non-payment of the legal minimum wage for regular working hours is the norm. Many workers report that they are forced to take out loans to deal with everyday expenses like heating costs in winter.

Almost half a million people work in Romania’s fashion industry – making this the biggest workforce in this sector in Europe. The main export destinations for clothing ‘Made in Romania’ are Italy, the UK, Spain, France, Germany, and Belgium.

 
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