Ship-breaking workers are often desperate for work no others will do, even if wages are slightly higher than the average sweatshop job. Photo: Studio Fasching Ship-breaking workers are often desperate for work no others will do, even if wages are slightly higher than the average sweatshop job. Photo: Studio Fasching
Ship-breaking workers are often desperate for work no others will do, even if wages are slightly higher than the average sweatshop job. Photo: Studio Fasching
Pakistan
This Week in Asia /  Health & Environment

Two years since Pakistan’s Gadani ship-breaking disaster, why are workers still dying?

  • Despite the Hong Kong Convention, dismantling ships for raw materials or parts remains a dangerous, lawless industry.

Topic |   Pakistan
Chris White

Updated: 8:49am, 28 Oct, 2018

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Ship-breaking workers are often desperate for work no others will do, even if wages are slightly higher than the average sweatshop job. Photo: Studio Fasching Ship-breaking workers are often desperate for work no others will do, even if wages are slightly higher than the average sweatshop job. Photo: Studio Fasching
Ship-breaking workers are often desperate for work no others will do, even if wages are slightly higher than the average sweatshop job. Photo: Studio Fasching
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