Brands urged to extend workers’ safety deal, eight years after Rana Plaza disaster
Dhaka, Bangladesh Thomson Reuters Foundation Labour activists on Thursday urged brands to extend a factory safety deal in Bangladesh ahead of the eighth anniversary of the Rana Plaza disaster, in which some 1,100 workers died. The collapse of the eight-storey building near Dhaka – the industry’s deadliest accident – on 24th April, 2013, led some […]
Fashion brands urged to fix “broken industry” with pledge on workers’ pay
Dhaka, Bangladesh Thomson Reuters Foundation Fashion brands should fix their “broken industry” by ensuring millions of pandemic-hit workers receive their full wages and by guaranteeing severance pay if jobs are cut, a coalition of more than 200 rights groups said on Monday. The #PayYourWorkers campaign said brands and retailers that made a profit in 2020 – […]
Garment workers seen losing up to $US5.8 billion in wages during coronavirus
London, UK/Dhaka, Bangladesh Thomson Reuters Foundation Garment workers supplying global fashion brands have been underpaid or not paid at all during the coronavirus crisis, with lost wages potentially amounting to nearly $US6 billion, researchers said on Monday. With the pandemic leading to store closures and falling sales, many retailers cancelled orders or demanded discounts from […]
Big clothes brands found to fall short of own fair wage promises
London Thomson Reuters Foundation The world’s top clothing brands are failing to fulfil their own promises to pay workers a fair living wage that covers basic family needs, academics and activists said on Thursday. Most major garment companies lack plans for calculating – let alone achieving – a living wage in their global supply chains, […]
Bangladesh fashion workers at risk with ‘shocking’ reform delays
Thomson Reuters Foundation The safety of workers making clothing for global brands like Adidas and H&M could be at risk if Bangladesh’s Supreme Court moves on Sunday to shut down a factory inspection mechanism set up by European fashion labels, campaigners said on Tuesday. The government has shown “a shocking level of unreadiness” to take […]
Adidas, Nike urged to ensure fair wages for Asian workers making World Cup kits
Thomson Reuters Foundation Sportswear giants Adidas and Nike – two of the main sponsors of the upcoming World Cup – must ensure workers in their Asian supplier factories are paid a fair wage as their share of the production cost dwindles, civil society groups said on Monday. The share of what Adidas and Nike spend […]