Behind the Belt and Road: Textile Workers Need Their Rights
Factory worker making clothes. Photo: Fancycrave, Unsplash.
Av: Vittorio Capici och Wooseong Kim
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is one of the most ambitious transnational development projects ever implemented. However, many EU analysts and policymakers fear the changes that BRI will bring to the European labour markets. This article will bring you to Prato, a key centre for the Italian textile industry, where the Chinese immigrant workers have been hired under inhumane conditions for 40 years and where the Chinese government decided to invest once again.
