European Coalition

The Clean Clothes Campaign European Coalition (CCC EC) is one of the four regional coalitions within the global Clean Clothes Campaign network. Our coalition comprises 127 organisations – including trade unions, worker rights organisations, women’s rights groups, consumer organisations, and other civil society actors – across 26 European countries. In 14 countries, these organisations are further structured into national coalitions.

Europe is home to many of the world’s largest garment brands, and a significant portion of global garment production is destined for the European market. However, garment production also takes place within Europe, both within the EU and in neighbouring countries, where workers face rights violations and poor working conditions daily.

As part of a global network, CCC EC collaborates with organisations worldwide to improve labour conditions for garment workers. Our work includes:

Research – Investigating factory conditions and reporting on workers’ realities.
Campaigning – Raising awareness and mobilising consumers to demand better working conditions.
Advocacy – Engaging brands, policymakers, and international institutions to push for stronger worker protections.
Legislative Action – Lobbying for binding agreements and legal frameworks to hold companies accountable.

Our priorities:

Living wages – Ensuring garment workers are paid fairly.
Health and safety – Improving working conditions and factory safety.
Just transition – Advocating for sustainable industry changes that centre workers’ rights.
Legislation and binding agreements – Strengthening human rights due diligence laws.

In production countries, CCC investigates the conditions of garment workers to report on their reality and supports garment workers directly. Our Achievements also include:

European Floor Wage Benchmark – The first credible methodology for calculating a living wage for garment workers in East and South-East Europe.
EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive – Advocating for a strong directive that prioritises workers’ rights.
Living Wage Action Day 2024 – Raising awareness globally about the ongoing fight for fair wages, particularly in the context of the ecological and climate crisis.

By working together, CCC EC strives to ensure that all garment workers – in Europe and beyond – have access to fair wages, safe workplaces, and respect for their rights.

Latest News

Stand Up for the Right to Freedom of Association and Demonstration

Workers from Chinese factories in Prato, Italy, successfully fought for fair working hours. Shortly after their victory, the Swiss fashion group Richemont, which had been manufacturing luxury leather bags in the region, relocated its production, and the workers lost their jobs. In response, the workers and the SUDD Cobas union took action, attracting the attention of many media outlets. Now, the union is facing an injunction from Montblanc, attempting to prevent SUDD Cobas from taking further action outside Montblanc shops.

Earthquake survivors in Türkiye successfully challenge factory’s refusal to pay severance

Earthquake survivors in Malatya, Türkiye, who were dismissed in the wake of the deadly tragedy that destroyed their homes, successfully challenged their factory to pay them the compensation owed to them by law. While most of the brands sourcing from the factory were happy to leave these vulnerable workers at the mercy of a lengthy and costly legal process, direct intervention by the union, CCC and one of the brands involved eventually secured justice for these workers.

Activists disrupt Zara’s European distribution centre on the first day of COP29, chanting “No climate justice without garment workers’ rights!”

Anti-fast fashion activists from Clean Clothes Campaign and XR Fashion Action target Inditex’s (Zara) distribution centre in Lelystad, The Netherlands to call out the brands’ failure to protect the rights of garment workers in Bangladesh.

Calling for Living Wage Action Day on 25 September

The Clean Clothes Campaign network will join forces with partners and allies worldwide to mark for the first time Living Wage Action Day on 25 September 2024. Our main aim is to initiate a global movement dedicated to ensuring all workers receive a wage that meets their basic needs: a living wage!

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