Report: Beyonce’s activewear made by sweatshop slaves

Posted by | May 15, 2016 08:13 | Filed under: News Behaving Badly


Beyonce’s clothing line is manufactured in a Sri Lankan sweatshop, according to the report.

Britain’s The Sun on Sunday said its investigation found that the star’s Ivy Park label, featured in Topshop stores, is made by Sri Lankan seamstresses paid only $6.17 a day.

A 22-year-old sewing machine operator told the newspaper that she lives in a 100-room boarding house near the factory in the town of Katunayake.

“All we do is work, sleep, work, sleep,’’ she said.

The young woman said she can’t survive on her salary of $125.30 a month.

That’s just a bit over half the Sri Lankan average monthly income of $235.49, according to the newspaper.

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