Trabalho análogo ao escravo na confecção de roupas para as lojas fast fashion: análise do caso Inditex-Zara no Brasil

Abstract

This study consists of analyzing the work conditions to which the workers of the clothing making for fast fashion stores are subjected, at an international and national level, as well as the relation between fast fashion and social dumping. It emphasizes in analyzing the case that caused Zara, one of the brands of the business group Inditex, to be considered guilty by the Brazilian legal system for the violations of rights that were found in its production chain. For that, researches were made in books, periodicals, reports and scientific articles. This study’s general objective is to demonstrate how the work conditions in the clothing making for the fast fashion stores contribute to the continuity of the violation of laws that prohibit slave labor, and its specific objectives are to verify the characterization of labor analogous to slavery in Brazilian’s legal literature and case laws, define what are fast fashion stores and its relation with social dumping, emphasizing Inditex-Zara’s conviction sentenced by Brazilian legal system and analyzing the work conditions in the making of clothes for fast fashion stores. The research concludes that effective measures must be taken in order to eliminate social dumping from the fast fashion’s sphere to ensure that workers dignity is preserved.