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Factories, Brands ‘Disregarded’ Worker Rights After Turkey Earthquakes
In a new study, workers described being left to fend for themselves in the aftermath of last February's…
Year in Review: How 2023 Became the Year of the Garment Worker Protest
"We need to fight because without protests, nothing happens," one worker representative said.
Adidas’s Worker-Centered ‘AdiVerse’ Is Not What it Seems
At Web Summit last week, activist pranksters touted a new cryptocurrency-generating implant for garment…
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Adidas Took an ‘Ethical Stance’ Over Yeezy. Can It Do the Same for Workers?
A labor activist says the sportswear firm should use the proceeds from the sale of its Ye-designed stockpile…
How Fashion Brands Can Safeguard Workers in Earthquake-Hit Turkey
Labor campaigners are concerned that factories are reopening "recklessly soon."
Why This Labor Expert Urges Brands to Stop ‘Shooting Yourself in the Foot’
If brands want to see improvements in their supply chains, they need to commit to "joint sovereignty,"…
Sri Lanka Crisis Pits ‘Survivability’ Versus ‘Subsistence Wages’
Garment workers who were barely eking out a living are now on the brink of starvation, labor campaigners say.
Criminal Charges Filed Against Former Tesco Supplier
Thai police accused V.K. Garment in Mae Sot of fraud, coerced overtime, withholding immigration documents and…
Some of the World’s Biggest Brands Just Signed the Pakistan Accord
Collectively, the International Accord's brand signatories source more than $2.6 billion worth of garments…
What to Make of the Adidas Hoax Heard Around the World
The Berlin Fashion Week stunt wasn't a protest in the "traditional sense," but an "alternate reality" of how…
‘Step Up and Pay’: Factory Layoffs Pushing Workers Back to the Brink
For garment workers, the cost-of-living crisis rippling across the globe is bringing with it an eerie sense…
Labor Groups Pick Apart Shein’s $15 Million Factory Plan
The fast-fashion giant pledged to double its investment in factory audits and code-of-conduct training. Is…