Worker Rights Consortium

What you missed at New York Climate Week President Trump’s anti-ESG backlash sparked fears of a muted and despondent New York Climate Week. The reality was anything but.

“You can’t have environmental sustainability while abusing workers’ rights,” Thulsi Narayanasamy, our Director of International Advocacy, said.

“The causes of both are inextricably linked—and the solutions must be, too.”

Read more from Vogue Business: bit.ly/47bUTFJ

We joined @cleanclothes.bsky.social, Katalyst Initiative & @solidaritycenter.bsky.social at #ClimateWeekNY for “Too Hot To Fashion”, a panel on what a #JustTransition means for garment workers.

Fair purchasing & living wages are key to tackling fashion’s climate impact.

#LaborRights

Lucky Brand Joins AEO and Puma to Help Workers Owed $1.5 Million by Guatemalan Subcontractor - Worker Rights Consortium Worker Rights Consortium

We are pleased to report that Lucky Brand has made a humanitarian contribution of $500,000 to assist garment workers at the Industrial Hana factory in Guatemala, which was, prior to its closure, a subcontractor for one of Lucky Brand’s direct apparel suppliers. www.workersrights.org/commentary/l...

In Bangkok at #UNRBHR2025?

Please join our civil society only session tomorrow:

Turning Law into Justice: Leveraging Due Diligence for Worker Remedy
📅16 September 2025 | 10:30 - 12:00 ICT
📍UN Conference Centre | Conference Room 1
Registration (optional): www.workersrights.org/2025-united-...

The Worker Rights Consortium: Fighting for Garment Workers Worldwide - Ford Foundation The Worker Rights Consortium protects garment workers rights by using university licensing agreements to hold global brands accountable

Great piece by @fordfoundation.org on SAGE grantee @4workerrights.bsky.social about its strategy of securing binding agreements with garment brands to improve labor rights at the factories that supply their clothes!

www.fordfoundation.org/news-and-sto...

Bangladesh Minimum Wage Negotiations Put Brands’ Living Wage “Commitments” to the Test - Worker Rights Consortium Worker Rights Consortium

WRC to brands:
✔ Pay in full for all goods you’ve ordered
✔ Don’t slash prices on new orders
✔ Protect workers if you relocate
📢 We lay out what’s at stake:
🔗 bit.ly/4kTYqwA
#Tariffs #GarmentWorkers #LaborRights

Bangladesh Minimum Wage Negotiations Put Brands’ Living Wage “Commitments” to the Test - Worker Rights Consortium Worker Rights Consortium

New tariffs increase costs.
But brands must not shift those costs onto workers earning $1/hr.
Brands can afford to pay. Workers cannot.

🔗 bit.ly/4kTYqwA

#LaborRights #GarmentWorkers #TariffImpact

WRC Advances Workers’ Rights on Global Stages: OECD Forum on Due Diligence in the Garment and Footwear Sector and United Nations Commission on the Status of Women 2025 Highlights - Worker Rights Conso... Worker Rights Consortium

At #CSW69, WRC spotlighted the Central Java Gender Justice Agreement—a worker-led program to end gender-based violence.

✅ Protects 6,250+ women workers

✅ Enforces #ILOC190 standards

@globallaborjustice.bsky.social

Read more: bit.ly/4j6Vko6

#GenderJustice #CSW2025

WRC Advances Workers’ Rights on Global Stages: OECD Forum on Due Diligence in the Garment and Footwear Sector and United Nations Commission on the Status of Women 2025 Highlights - Worker Rights Conso... Worker Rights Consortium

WRC at #OECD 2025 🌍

Three WRC experts joined three @oecd-ocde.bsky.social side session panels on #duediligence, #forcedlabor & #bindingagreements - emphasizing worker-driven solutions.

📖 Read our latest commentary: 🔗 bit.ly/4j6Vko6

#OECDForum #LaborRights

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@globallaborjustice.bsky.social
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Join us @ this important parallel event: ILO Convention 190 & Beijing+30: Bridging Gender & Labor

🏙️ NYC 📆 March 18

The session will explore how #labor & #genderjustice intersect to push for stronger protections under #ILOC190. #GenderAndLabor

Register below ⬇️

Breakthrough for #genderjustice: “The Central Java Gender Justice Agreement will make Ontide in Central Java one of the safest places for women workers anywhere in the global apparel industry.” #LaborRights

🔗 tinyurl.com/3s3jhuwu

After years of gender-based violence and harassment, #womenworkers in #Indonesia have won a historic agreement protecting 6,250 garment workers producing for Fanatics. #GenderJustice #LaborRights tinyurl.com/39y35prx

EXCLUSIVE: Fanatics, Nike Back Binding Agreement to Fight Workplace Sexual Violence in Indonesia The Central Java Agreement for Gender Justice, a first in Southeast Asia, will create safer, union-overseen conditions for women garment workers who suffered abuse at two factories.

The Central Java Agreement for Gender Justice, a first in Southeast Asia, will create safer, union-overseen conditions for women garment workers who suffered abuse at two factories.

@globallaborjustice.bsky.social

NGO CSW69/Beijing+30 Forum Registration hosted by Whova 2025-03-09, New York, NY

Join us at #CSW69 for Women Workers Stand Up to Workplace Violence & Harassment – a discussion on the Central Java Gender Justice Agreement. 🗓️March 17 | 2:30 PM📍NYC
Register to attend: tinyurl.com/5d55npe3 #GenderJustice #GBVH #WorkerRights

Groundbreaking work by worker leaders from SPN, SPSI, and KASBI, who came together to negotiate this historic agreement.

From Fear to Power: How Indonesian Women Workers Won Binding Commitments for Change - Worker Rights Consortium Worker Rights Consortium

Women workers in #Indonesia, with support from WRC, Asia Floor Wage Alliance & @globallaborjustice.bsky.social, have signed the new Central Java Agreement for Gender Justice. A model for ending #GBVH in supply chains—through binding, enforceable agreements. #GBVH #LaborRights tinyurl.com/39y35prx