Inside the £1-an-hour official football shirt factories

I AM NOT EVEN EXAGGERATING RIGHT NOW, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT CAMBODIA WHERE THEY ARE LITERALLY MAKING OFFICIAL KITS FOR ARSENAL AND LIVERPOOL AND REAL MADRID AND CELTIC WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE THE WORKERS ARE GETTING PAID LESS THAN A QUID AN HOUR! THE BBC SPORT INVESTIGATION SAYS CONDITIONS ARE GRIM AND THESE POOR PEOPLE ARE HITTING SEVEN HUNDRED ITEMS A DAY ON A PRODUCTION LINE JUST TO GET BY. THE CLEAN CLOTHES CAMPAIGN SAYS IT IS A GRIM PICTURE BUT HONESTLY IT IS JUST SO SAD THAT WE PAY THESE MASSIVE PRICES FOR JERSEYS AND THE PEOPLE MAKING THEM ARE STRUGGLING SO HARD. THE ARTICLE SAYS THAT FANS WERE ALREADY ANNOYED ABOUT PRICES AND NOW THIS COMES OUT WHICH IS JUST DAMN DEPRESSING. OK WAIT IS THIS OUR SONG?

I CANNOT BE THE ONLY ONE WHO SAW THIS, THE BBC SPORT TEAM TRACED OFFICIAL FOOTBALL SHIRTS BACK TO THESE FACTORIES IN CAMBODIA CALLED BOWKER GARMENT FACTORY AND TRAX APPAREL AND IT IS ALL TOTALLY MESSY! THE THING IS, FANS WERE ALREADY BUYING COUNTERFEITS BECAUSE PRICES WERE TOO HIGH BUT NOW WE KNOW THE OFFICIAL GEAR IS MADE BY PEOPLE EARNING LESS THAN A POUND AN HOUR AND WORKING IN HIGH HEAT. THEY INTERVIEWED WORKERS ANONYMOUSLY AND FOUND THEY CANNOT EVEN MAKE ENDS MEET, WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE THESE CLUBS ARE GLOBAL GIANTS! THE CLEAN CLOTHES CAMPAIGN IS SAYING THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM WORLDWIDE IN GARMENT MANUFACTURING AND THE FACT THAT OUR SPORT GEAR IS TIED TO SUCH HARSH CONDITIONS IS HONESTLY JUST MAKING ME FEEL EMOTIONAL. ANYWAY WHERE DID EVERYONE GO?

A BBC Sport investigation found workers in Cambodia earn less than £1 an hour producing official football shirts for clubs like Arsenal, Celtic, Liverpool, and Real Madrid.

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