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Zara is part of the world's largest clothing chain, Spanish Inditex, and owned by the twelfth richest person in the world. The working conditions for employees

Una Subotic, 40, was ordered to stand still in a taped area and only move her upper body while unpacking clothes. At times, she worked in a darkened warehouse w

At Zara, employees are forced to work like robots and are closely monitored even during bathroom breaks. This is testified by 39 current and former employees. "

Zara's customers are accustomed to the staff being unfriendly. The reason being: the employees don't trust each other and are encouraged to be unfriendly. ”The

Warehouse spaces with blocked emergency exits and overstressed personnel. They stand and unpack clothes all day in a small taped area that they are not allowed

Zara's Swedish management refuses to answer our questions. The Spanish press department emails that the company does not grant interviews and that they do not h

Zara states in an email to its staff that they have never allowed managers to time employees' bathroom visits. However, six out of 39 interviewed employees and

Zara quietly reduces wages, forces pregnant women to work too hard, and manipulates contracts and vacations. A former employee received too little money and com

Guards have alarms in their pockets that they activate when people of immigrant background leave. Code word 64 means there is a foreign person in the store who

At Zara, employees toilet breaks are timed by management, they have to stand still in taped areas all day, and are subjected to bullying.