The True Cost, Directed By Andrew Morgan - 1421 Words

When a group of children break something, they usually argue over who is to blame. We claim they will grow out of it, or that adults are beyond this behavior, yet the same game is being played between the consumers, corporations, factory owners, and factory workers in the fashion industry. Many different articles, films, and other forms of media have been dedicated to it, including the film The True Cost, directed by Andrew Morgan. Morgan created this film in order to address the effects of the growing fashion industry, both social and ecological, in light of the collapse of a factory in Bangladesh. Within the film, he describes the complexities of the issue and the different factors that impact it. Other articles support or disprove his†¦show more content†¦Most of them only get paid enough to buy food and other necessities on a day by day basis. The workers are not able to save money to use in the future. On top of this, they have to risk their lives to earn the small wage . Many people have reported cracks in buildings as well as dangerous chemicals and malfunctioning pieces of equipment that are never addressed. Even when these rights are offered, they do not uphold the ideas behind the UDHR. Benjamin Powell discovers more information about these violations in rights by talking to workers in his article Sweatshops In Bangladesh Improve The Lives Of Their Workers, And Boost Growth. Powell took a survey of some of the factory workers and discovered that â€Å"More than 95 percent of the workers [he] surveyed were unwilling to give up any pay for increased safety† (Powell para 11). Workers are being asked to choose between different human rights, safety and a fair wage. The purpose of the UDHR is to establish all of the rights that every person should receive, not to provide options of rights to only choose a handful of. By excluding any of the articles in the source, one is effectively ignoring its purpose. Even though it may seem like the problems in the industry are above us, we, the consumers, actually created them. Lucy Siegle, a journalist and author based in the UK, was interviewed in a film, dedicated to the flaws in the fashion industry, called The True