Cambodian factory workers earn less than £1 an hour - BBC Sport
Workers at two Cambodian garment factories producing official football kits for major clubs report low wages, poor working conditions, and safety hazards. Despite being key suppliers for Adidas, employees claim they struggle to meet basic living costs while facing verbal abuse and high temperatures.
Why it matters
It highlights ongoing ethical concerns and supply chain transparency issues in the global sportswear industry regarding labor rights and factory conditions.
--> Workers at two garment factories in Cambodia, where official replica football shirts for leading clubs are made, receive base pay of less than £1 an hour. This was reported by BBC Sport , which traced production to the Bowker Garment Factory and Trax Apparel facilities near Phnom Penh.
Photographs from the factories show the production of kits for Arsenal, Celtic, Liverpool, Real Madrid, Benfica and Aston Villa. Bowker employs about 3,400 people, mostly women, while about 3,200 people work at Trax Apparel, located approximately 16 kilometres from Bowker.
According to five payslips seen by BBC Sport, workers' base monthly wages range from $210 to $220, or £158–166. Workers usually have six eight-hour shifts a week. In three documents, total monthly earnings, including overtime and allowances, were about $300, or £226.
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