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Garment workers demand justice - great message about #FastFashion (in fact the whole industry) from @labourlabel.bsky.social @greenparty.org.uk conference

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There is a more pressing issue. Ministers must ensure that the vast numbers of immigrants who arrived in the so-called Boriswave of 2020-21 are not automatically absorbed into the permanent population. They are about to cross the the five-year threshold into ILR, yet Labour continues to dither. Ms Mahmood must freeze the status of this huge cohort while a new residency regime is finalised. A million or more extra permanent residents in these islands, let in on the nod, is simply unacceptable. Finally, the home secretary must acquaint herself, and the public, with an accurate estimate of the actual number of foreign nationals living here, what taxes they pay and what services they consume. Without hard data, all the political parties are fumbling around in the dark.

The Times finds it "unacceptable" that people who came here legally in 2021 and have been living and working here since should allowed to stay.

The sad decline of a once great newspaper into ignorant xenophobia and casual racism

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Legislation is only part of the puzzle. Without access to justice and *enforceable* remediation, the cards are stacked against workers. Read these shocking cases of workers left without a penny, despite winning at tribunal against their former employers.

Lucky Brand adds to garment worker severance fund in Guatemala Lucky Brand is giving $500,000 to workers from the now-closed Industrial Hana factory in Guatemala, a subcontractor for one of its suppliers.

Almost a year ago we told you the story of Ana, a Guatemalan garment worker who was left without a job and her legally owed severance when her factory shut down. Now, the brands have finally paid in! www.just-style.com/news/lucky-b...

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Extreme heat, harassment deeply hit RMG workers, productivity: Survey 98% of workers say they find noticeable changes in workplace temperatures

The climate crisis is not "coming" for garment workers. It is here.
98% of surveyed garment workers in Bangladesh report noticeable change in workplace temperature.
#justtransition www.tbsnews.net/economy/rmg/...

Obscene wealth at the top, a life of poverty for the rest.
We won't take it anymore!
For international Living Wage Day our call is simple:

📢 Tax the rich, not the poor.
💰 Living wage, that's the cure.

@cleanclothes.bsky.social

📸 Kim Ford @kimfordphotos

Shein Opens Its Supply Network to Fashion Brands to Boost Growth Other fashion brands can now tap on the fast-fashion retailer’s supply chain, which includes factories that can turn around new designs in 5-7 days, as long as they open a store on its online marketpl...

Competition was meant to improve conditions, products and prices. Instead, we seem on course for all brands to ultimately end up as one and all sharing the same dodgy practices. The only solution is building worker power! finance.yahoo.com/news/shein-o...

👗The top 10 fast fashion brands raked in $13.9 billion in profit in 2024 - while paying the workers who make their clothes poverty wages.

We're at London Fashion Week today to say: tax extreme wealth. Pay living wages now.

#BillionairesOut #LivingWageNow

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Sink the yachts, raise the wages! We're at London Fashion Week calling for an end to poverty wages. While workers starve, the top 10 fast fashion brands raked in $13.9 billion in profit in 2024. Tax extreme wealth. Pay living wages. Abolish billionaires.
#BillionairesOut #LivingWageNow

Is the International Accord Climate-Proof? Extreme heat, exacerbated by climate breakdown, is turning into a full-blown health and safety crisis. What is the fashion industry doing about it?

Workers face acute risks such as dehydration, fainting, vomiting, skin rashes, heart palpitations and fatal heatstroke. They are also susceptible to long-term prospects like chronic kidney disease, cardiovascular disease, respiratory disorders etc. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

And of course this is the tip of the iceberg when we look at heat risk across the world, especially in major production countries for the garment industry. We are in a crisis but we know the solutions. What's missing is the will from the top!

Globally, our movement is in peril: from global capital, anti-union legislation, poverty wages to economic warfare.
Yet this year, the National Garment Workers Federation in Bangladesh welcomed 8 newly registered unions!
Honoured to stand with powerful worker organisers ✊
@cleanclothes.bsky.social

‘This is not just jobs, it’s livelihoods’: Burnley Council leader demands government action as Boohoo confirms closure Burnley’s council leader has written to the government calling for urgent intervention after Boohoo confirmed it will close its national distribution centre in the town, putting more than 1,200 jobs a...

Debenhams faces shareholder revolt over executives' pay and bonuses. Meanwhile, it is kicking 1200 workers on the street, or around 3% of jobs in Burnley: www.burnleyexpress.net/business/bur...

Protest at Katunayake Free Trade Zone against reduction of employee rights

More trade union news from Sri Lanka. Workers with FTZ&GSEU protest against the cutting back of benefits due to Trump's tariffs: www.sundaytimes.lk/250914/news/...

Sri Lanka: NEXT shuts down the country's only unionised garment factory - by WhatsApp Please support this LabourStart urgent action campaign and spread the word.

The fight to stop NEXT union busting is international! The FTZ&GSEU union are taking theirs to our global labour movement family via LabourList. Support their demands today and share with TU members: www.labourstartcampaigns.net/show_campaig...

Is the International Accord Climate-Proof? Extreme heat, exacerbated by climate breakdown, is turning into a full-blown health and safety crisis. What is the fashion industry doing about it?

Extreme heat, exacerbated by climate breakdown, is turning into a full-blown health and safety crisis. What is the fashion industry doing about it?

Cambodia’s Garment Workers Seek Minimum Wage That Reflects ‘Undeniable Realities’ The call for a monthly floor salary of at least $232 isn't "merely a request," but rather an "urgent necessity," more than two dozen trade unions and civil society organizations said.

We proudly stand with our trade union siblings in Cambodia and we say, this is not an ask but an urgent demand for the survival of workers: decent wages now!
www.yahoo.com/news/article...

‘We’re scared of losing our jobs’: industries in India fear impact of Trump’s 50% tariffs Textiles, footwear, jewellery, gems and seafood are sectors most affected in trade with US, India’s biggest market

Does this industry need a complete revolution? Absolutely.
Will that come about by effectively putting a gun to the head of workers in global south countries? Not in the least

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Iconic moment at the Downton Abbey premiere

Solidarity with the Debenhams (Boohoo) workers who may be about to lose their jobs. We've sadly seen this before. Across supply chains workers are underpaid, undervalued and treated as disposable by fashion brands.

Debenhams must urgently engage with @usdawunion.bsky.social and save these jobs.

Civil Society Wants Minimum Wage Raised as Workers Struggle to Survive PHNOM PENH — With living costs soaring and workers sinking deeper into debt, at least 27 civil society groups and unions are demanding that Cambodia ra...

Garment workers deserve more!
Workers in Cambodia have to spend almost twice what they earn just to survive. This is not a request but an urgent necessity.

Raise the wages.

Full statement: cambodianess.com/article/civi...

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How businesses deflect responsibilities for addressing modern slavery in their supply chains When confronted with modern slavery risks, some companies justify their inaction or adopt ineffective measures that do little to address the problem.

"... the systemic nature of issues such as modern slavery, and other issues like climate change, may actually be leveraged as a way to avoid doing their part to address them. System issues are all-hands-on-deck issues. Everyone needs to be doing their part."

theconversation.com/how-business...

UK corporations are contributing to the genocide on Palestinians. The UK Government must act NOW

22 groups call for urgent action against UK companies linked to Gaza genocide More than 20 groups have called for urgent action to be taken against UK corporations they allege are complicit in Israel's genocide in Gaza ...

Our statement calling for urgent sanctions on companies breaking international law and supporting the Gaza genocide in The National today:
www.thenational.scot/news/2541818...

From Runways to Airways: SHEIN and Lufthansa Cargo Unite on Low-Carbon Aviation SHEIN has partnered with Lufthansa Cargo to make its global deliveries more climate-friendly. The collaboration will explore the use of sustainable aviation fuel and wider strategies to cut emissions ...

Disrupting your summer holidays to say: sustainable aviation does not exist and clothes don't belong on planes 😡https://www.sustainabletimes.co.uk/post/from-runways-to-airways-shein-and-lufthansa-cargo-unite-on-low-carbon-aviation

Two-thirds of Fashion’s Supply Chain Risks Are Social in Nature Driven by human rights violations and poor working conditions, such cases have doubled since 2020 and risen by 22 percent in the past 12 months alone.

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Trump wanted manufacturers to diversify away from China. Now many that heeded that call face stiff new tariffs | CNN Business South and Southeast Asian countries are caught in the crossfire of Trump’s trade war and are now facing some of the highest tariffs in the world

A long read on tariffs, but one that omits the key stakeholder: workers.
It is workers who will ultimately pay the price for trade wars.

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