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Can Garment Factories Pay a Living Wage?
Year
2014
Language
ENGLISH
Duration
7m 24s
Publication Information
NewsHour Productions
Summary
At $3 an hour, the workers at the Alta Gracia garment factory in the Dominican Republic are earning enough to feed a family of five. But after three years, this new, living wage-based business model has yet to turn a profit as global competition has pushed thousands of jobs to lower-cost countries. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports.