Brands urged to extend workers’ safety deal, eight years after Rana Plaza disaster
Dhaka, BangladeshThomson 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 200 […]
Fashion brands urged to fix “broken industry” with pledge on workers’ pay
Dhaka, BangladeshThomson 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 – like […]
Garment workers seen losing up to $US5.8 billion in wages during coronavirus
London, UK/Dhaka, BangladeshThomson 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 suppliers, […]
Big clothes brands found to fall short of own fair wage promises
LondonThomson 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, despite […]
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 […]