Limited progress on living wages, report

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The garment and footwear industries are showing both promise and pressing challenges in the global push for living wages and incomes, a new report suggests.

Workers in low income regions earns 16 times less than elsewhere.

The garment and footwear industries are showing both promise and pressing challenges in the global push for living wages and incomes, a new report suggests.

The 2023-2024 annual report from the Platform Living Wage Financials (PLWF) shows that while many brands in the garment sector have committed to multistakeholder initiatives addressing living wages, there remains limited evidence of real-world impact.

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