Hundreds of women workers at an apparel factory sat on the road in the industrial area of Nacharam in Hyderabad on Thursday, demanding higher wages. The factory manufactures clothes for major global brands such as H&M, JCPenney, C&A, Levi’s, among others.

“This is our fourth day of protest. We began the strike on Monday morning when we refused to return to work and started the protest near the gate. Some of us go home, but we will be back tomorrow until our demands are met,” said Padma, who has been working at Shahi Exports Pvt. Ltd. for 13 years. The protest continued late into the night.

Reading a label on a Levi’s denim jacket, Parvathy, a worker of 12 years, said she may have stitched it. “We have stitched labels of JCPenney, H&M, C&A, Levi’s. None of the clothes we stitch are sold i

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