ฺBut the economics of the garment industry are harsh. Of the approximately 3 million people who work in garment industry, 80 percent are women. Many women work 14 to 16 hours a day, seven days a week. some are also required to work a 19 hour shift at least twice just one day off every two or three months. As an example, at the production level, typical factory management gives the (size large) destined for Walmart stores. Based on the highest wages paid in most of these factories, it calculates to 21 cents an hours, the direct labor cost to sew the shirt just 10 cents! (28 minutes = 46.66% of an hour; 46.66% * $0.21=0.097999-i.e., 10 cents).