Fast Fashion: research on the exploitation of labor in clothing business in Brazil

• Autor(a) principal: Los, Vivian Andreatta
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Brilhante, Mariana Luísa Schaeffer, Babinski Júnior, Valdecir, Gretter, Gabrielly Eduarda, Piontkiewicz, Gabriela Mueller Alegre, Ubinski, Samira Gabrielly
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Poliedro
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ifsul.edu.br/index.php/poliedro/article/view/2652
• topic: Exploitation of labor; Outsourcing; Brazilian clothing industry; Exploração da mão de obra; Terceirização; Indústria de Confecção Brasileira

This research aimed to identify the episodes, in the history of fashion, in which there was the emergence of fast fashion and the employment of an outsourced workforce consisting of work analogous to slavery. The methodology was based on bibliographic research and on the Moda Livre® application, from which information about audited companies was extracted. It was found that: (I) in the mid-1990s, contemporary slavery began to be questioned within the garment industry; (II) from 1994 to 2014, the denunciations of slave labor linked to fast fashion grew; (III) as of 2019, due to pressure from the consumer market and new legislation, world retailers began to adopt fair trade practices; and, currently, (IV) it is clear that, of 41 companies fined under Moda Livre®, 25 are registered with the Brazilian Textile Retail Association (ABVTEX), which, in turn, conducts audits to verify whether work practices respect the human dignity.