Ivanka Trump's Garment Workers Can't Afford to Live with Their Children

June 13, 2017, 8:33 AM GMT

The thousands of women who work in Ivanka Trump's clothing factory in Subang, Indonesia, would laugh if they read her latest book, "Women Who Work," a treatise on achieving work-life balance.

Many garment workers in Ivanka Trump's Indonesia clothing factory are paid so little that they cannot afford to live with their children, or purchase basic necessities without going into debt, according to a new investigation by the Guardian. These workers also face anti-union intimidation and verbal abuse, and are paid a $10.50 bonus if they continue to work throughout their menstrual cycle.

Many of 2,759 factory workers—three-quarters of whom are women—make the region's minimum wage, which is in the running for the lowest in all of Asia, about 2.3 million rupiah, or $173 per month.

For one minimum-wage earning factory worker named Ali, who remains anonymous for fear of retaliation, this wage means that she must live in a boarding house, while her children stay with their grandparents hours away. She says that she and their father can only see them once a month when they can afford the cost of gasoline.

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Be proud, Ivanka. Be proud.