HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE PAID $1.55/Hr ($62/wk)?: IVANKA TRUMP Linked To Chinese Factory That Paid Workers $62 A Week, Violated A Slew Of Labor Standards.... This isn’t surprising, but still disappointing.

By Jamie Feldman 4/26/17

Ivanka Trump

Ivanka Trump spent time in Berlin Tuesday talking publicly about the need to support families and the role of female entrepreneurs. The same day, a new report revealed employees of a Chinese factory contracted by G-III Apparel Group, the company that exclusively licenses Trump’s branded clothing line, were working extra-long hours for little pay.

The Washington Post first reported that employees at a G-III-contracted factory in China worked nearly 60 hours per week to make little more than $62 per week, according to an October audit by the watchdog group Fair Labor Association. That’s about half the salary of the average Chinese manufacturing worker, according to Newsweek. 

The FLA cited the factory for two dozen violations of international labor standards after inspecting its operations. more