HIGH FASHION FOR PENNIES? ROMANIA’S CLOTHING AND TEXTILE WORKERS STILL STRUGGLE TO MAKE ENDS MEET
August 1st, 2019
ECONOMIC data show how Romanian clothing and textile workers are suffering from comparatively low wages, with increases lagging behind employees in other sectors.
Average monthly net wages for workers in Romania’s textile, garment and footwear industry reached Romanian Leu RON 2,280 (USD543) in December 2018, almost a third less than the national average of RON3,770 (USD897), according to statistics from Romania’s National Institute for Statistics (Institutul Național de Statistică - INSSE) and Romania’s National Bank (Banca Națională a României - ...
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