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The False Promise of Corporate Living Wage Commitments
In the face of mounting pressure from workers, unions, and civil society organizations who have documented widespread labor exploitation in global supply chains, apparel brands have adopted ambitious public commitments to provide living wages to the workers sewing their clothes. But according to a new study by researchers at the University of Sheffield, the world’s…
Amidst Wave of Deadly Fires, Bangladesh Government Threatens to Expel the Only Credible Building Safety Programme in the Country and Further Suppress Workers’ Rights
On the sixth anniversary of the Rana Plaza building collapse, labour rights groups are calling on the government of Bangladesh to cease attempts to expel the Accord on Fire and Building Safety from Bangladesh and to urgently increase safety efforts for the buildings currently under the government’s oversight, which include tens of thousands of factories…
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Are Fashion Companies Cutting and Running From Bangladesh?
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Authentic, SPARC, Shein urged to remediate after factory closure
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WRC accuses Shein over garment factory closure
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Inditex Drops Potential Turkish Supplier Over Alleged Workers’ Rights Abuses
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Why Are Fashion Brands Still Opening Stores in Xinjiang?
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Rights groups blast Skechers over new store in Xinjiang
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“Organized theft on a massive scale”: the reality of severance theft in Indonesia
Abruptly and without warning, the Indonesian garment company Jaba Garmindo shut down operations at its two factories in April of 2015, leaving over 4,000 workers without their legally mandated severance. The sudden departure reflects a consistent trend within garment factories around the globe; in response to intense market pressure to cut production costs, many factories…