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As H&M Steps Up, Bangladesh Suppliers and Workers Ask ‘Where Are the Other Brands?’
Meanwhile, two new benchmarks find that fashion companies fail to pull their own weight when it comes to…
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…
Like ‘Watching a Car Wreck Unfold’: Poverty Wages Pressure Bangladesh-Sourcing Brands
Fashion's human rights multistakeholder groups speak out about Bangladesh's minimum wage. Labor campaigners…
In Bangladesh, ‘Unprecedented’ Violence Over ‘Unsustainable’ Wages
With ongoing unrest claiming a fourth victim over the weekend, Bangladesh wage protests are now a "matter of…
Bangladesh’s ‘Disheartening’ 14% Wage Hike Under Fire
Will brands step up and pay suppliers more to meet the new minimum, up 56 percent but just 14 percent when…
Why Shein Isn’t Sweating De Minimis Reform
The e-tail Goliath, which insists it isn't a fast-fashion company, hired a new U.S. logistics head to shore…
Bangladesh Announces New Minimum Wage
The new monthly pay floor takes effect Dec. 1
Bangladesh’s Wage Protests, Explained
Insiders dissect what's really going on in the streets of Dhaka right now as minimum wage talks seem stalled…
Garment Worker Allegedly Shot Dead by Bangladeshi Police as Wage Protests Escalate
This comes as garment factory owners offer less than half of the monthly minimum wage that trade unions are…
Minimum Wage ‘Mockery’: Bangladesh Unions Pan Paltry Pay Proposal
Unions denounced garment manufacturers' minimum wage proposal which falls well short of the sum workers…
Adidas, Levi’s and 13 More Brands Urge Bangladesh Wage Hike
Just one of them, however, has publicly come out in support of the 23,000 Bangladeshi taka figure that…
Binding Agreements Bring Change. So Why Aren’t US Brands Signing Them?
Voluntary, private auditing schemes must cede to a newer model of what IndustriALL calls "global…
Allbirds Backs Reintroduced FABRIC Act
The California footwear and lifestyle brand is throwing its weight behind the garment worker rights…
Why This Garment Worker Wage Theft Case is a First for California
Besides criminal charges, two garment business owners received citations totaling $161,738.
Levi’s, VF, Deckers Help Garment Workers Get No-Cost Glasses
Up to 40 percent of all garment workers screened by VisionSpring received glasses to address vision issues.