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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.
Excessive employer influence is weakening worker safety protections in Bangladesh’s garment industry
In a memorandum to global apparel brands that participate in the garment industry’s most respected workplace safety programme, leading labour rights NGOs have shared new research findings showing that factory owner influence over the programme’s operations in Bangladesh is weakening enforcement and endangering workers.
On International Migrants Day, justifications for migrant worker abuse in Nike’s supply chain put migrant rights under threat
Shortly before today’s International Migrants Day, a new report about a case of wage theft at the Hong Seng Knitting factory in Thailand gives the company’s buyer, Nike, new excuses to ignore the rights of the factory’s mostly Burmese migrant workforce.
Nike faces unprecedented annual meeting revolt over failure to respect worker rights
Ahead of tomorrow’s Nike annual meeting, CEO John Donahoe is faced with major investors defying his recommendation to ignore worker rights concerns. Instead ever more investors are coming out in force to demand that the sportswear giant fixes its failure to accurately monitor human rights violations in its supply chain.
Statement on the twelfth anniversary of the Ali Enterprises fire
Twelve years ago, on 11 September 2012, over 250 people were killed in the garment industry’s most deadly factory fire ever. The Ali Enterprises factory in Karachi, Pakistan, burned to the ground with many workers trapped inside. On this day we commemorate all workers who didn’t survive and our thoughts are with all grieving families. Our commitment is to ensure this can never happen again.
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!
After years of pressure Levi’s commits to protecting workers in Pakistan
Denim giant Levi’s Strauss has signed a binding agreement to ensure that garment workers making its jeans in Pakistan will finally be able to go to work without having to fear for their lives.
Clean Clothes Campaign supports Bangladeshi unions in their 23,000Tk minimum wage hike demand
For the first time in five years, the Bangladeshi government has formed a Wage Board to revise the minimum wage for the country’s RMG sector which employs roughly 4 million workers. The current minimum wage of 8,000 taka (roughly 74 USD) was already insufficient for a decent living when it came into force in 2019. Since then, workers had to endure the additional pressure of the Covid-19 pandemic and the subsequent high inflation without seeing their wages increase at all.
Ten years since Rana Plaza: we remember and continue the struggle
On this day ten years ago, the Rana Plaza building in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which housed several shops, a bank and five garment factories, collapsed. At least 1,138 people were killed and thousands more suffered often life-changing injuries.On this day, our thoughts are with all those who mourn loved ones lost in the collapse and all those who lived through this man-made tragedy, made all the more devastating because it could and should have been avoided.
Fashion brands condemned over mass arrest warrants issued against workers in Bangladesh
Fashion brands including H&M and Zara are facing criticism over their lack of action to protect workers’ basic rights in Bangladesh. Bangladeshi workers engaging in a peaceful protest in November 2023.
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.
Omnibus proposal: EU Commission bows to big business, betrays workers
With the publication today of its Omnibus proposal for the simplification of corporate accountability and sustainability instruments, including the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), the European Commission is backpedalling on its commitment to just and sustainable value chains, warns the Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC).
Garment workers cannot be made to pay the price for Trump’s tariff war
On 2 April, the Trump administration announced hefty trade tariffs to be imposed on countries around the world. The high percentages imposed on US imports from garment producing countries such as Cambodia, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Lesotho, and Vietnam mean that garment production will be heavily affected by these measures.
Twelve years after Rana Plaza collapse, it is high time for legal protection for workers
Thursday, 24th April, marks twelve years since the collapse of the Rana Plaza building in Bangladesh. At least 1138 people died, the large majority of them garment workers in one of the five factories that the building housed.
NGOs challenge European Commission’s undemocratic ‘Omnibus’ process
A coalition of seven NGOs today lodged a formal complaint with the European Ombudsman, condemning the undemocratic, untransparent and rushed way in which the European Commission has developed the Omnibus proposal.
100 civil society organisations call for EU law to address environmental and human rights abuses in corporate supply chains
Ahead of the Finnish EU Presidency’s business and human rights event today, over 100 civil society organisations and trade unions have now signed a letter calling on the European Union to develop effective legislation, that would oblige companies and financial institutions to address the human rights and environmental impact of their global operations and supply chains.
Adopting a Gender-Sensitive approach to Living Wages is imperative to Women Worker’s Rights.
Current living wage calculation methodologies risk setting a living wage too low, cementing the position of women workers, in which they face multiple poverty related - gender specific burdens.
Amazon takes transparency step
Amazon took a useful first step toward transparency on 15 November 2019 by publicly disclosing on its website the names, addresses, and other details of over 1,000 facilities that produce Amazon-branded products, a broad coalition of human rights groups, labour rights organizations, and global unions said today. But the list is not easily accessible, sortable, or sufficiently specific to learn the type of products made in each of the listed facilities, limiting its value for consumers, workers, and labour advocates.
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 across all industries.
Civil call for human rights and environmental due diligence legislation
Over 80 NGOs and trade unions have called on the European Commission to bring forth this term new corporate accountability legislation requiring companies to respect human rights and the environment in their global value chains and operations. The signatories urge that victims of corporate violations should have their access to judicial remedy enhanced by the new legislation.
Demonstrations at Bangladeshi embassies demand respect for garment workers’ rights
This week labour activists and trade unionists around the world are expressing their solidarity with garment workers in Bangladesh through demonstrations in front of Bangladeshi embassies and consulates in cities around the world.
Faded denim look comes at a steep price
Clean Clothes Campaign Turkey investigated the Turkish denim industry's use of Potassium Permanganate. Research revealed that workers use it in spray form to create the faded look in denim. The workers reported suffering skin and respiratory problems.
Fatal Indian factory fire sheds light on pervasive workplace violations
Yesterday, over 40 people died in a factory fire in Delhi, India. The manifestly unsafe factory highlights the urgent need for enforcement of fire and building safety regulations and credible safety monitoring in India. While initial compensation measures have already been announced, more is needed to ensure adequate fair and full compensation to the affected workers and their families.
Former Uniqlo garment workers attend flagship store opening in Denmark to highlight Uniqlo’s wage-theft
Between 2 and 7 April, two Indonesian garment factory workers, who made Uniqlo clothing for years, will be in Copenhagen as part of the global PayUp Uniqlo campaign.