Corporate greed in luxury brands. Luxury brands should know exactly where their products are being made but many do not and deny responsibility. The reason is simple to keep costs down and profits up. Most luxury brands make huge profits, so they can afford to pay reasonable salaries.
Armani under investigation for allegedly exploiting workers. The Milan public prosecutors' office has for years been investigating the outsourcing of production by large groups in the fashion and other industries to subcontractors who allegedly exploit workers. Other luxury Italian companies have been paying 1 Euro an hour for Italian home workers according to the NYT. https://lnkd.in/e3_XiQHd
Unfortunately, brands will only react when they have to - look at sustainability; only when the EU get tough do most start taking it seriously