labor conditions
Unions Dispute Amazon’s ‘Misleading’ Workplace Safety Report
One union boss accused the e-commerce juggernaut of "cutting corners" and putting warehouse workers at risk.
Fanatics Brands Gets Fair Labor Association Accreditation
Accreditation by FLA recognizes that Fanatics Brands has systems to identify and remediate unfair labor…
Latest Bangladesh Fire Reignites Alarms Over Safety
According to the Centre for Policy Dialogue, the number of injured workers in factory accidents increased by…
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For Global Garment Workers, ‘Question at Hand Is Still the Same’
Numerous garment-producing countries are continuing to battle Covid outbreaks, industrial accidents and civil…
New Book Highlights Flaws of Private Regulation
Sarosh Kuruvilla's book "Private Regulation of Labor Standards in Global Supply Chains" analyzes data to…
Amazon Delivers $8 Billion Profit Even as Infrastructure Costs Mount
Capital expenditures, including infrastructure, have increased 80 percent over the past year, CFO Brian…
Union Alleges Interference in ‘Free and Fair’ Amazon Vote
The RWDSU filed 23 objections with the NLRB, believing they both separately and cumulatively constitute…
As Executive Chair, Bezos Wants to Make Amazon ‘Earth’s Best Employer’
In his last shareholder letter as CEO, Jeff Bezos acknowledged that Amazon needs "a better vision for how we…
These 3 Sourcing Nations Flagged for ‘Unreliable’ Factory Audits
Cornell experts discuss if brands are "complicit" in condoning the "elaborate myth" of the factory audit, and…
Why Amazon Could be Investigated for Firing Two Activist Employees Last Year
A potential NLRB investigation comes as a unionization vote for 5,800 Alabama warehouse workers hangs in the…
Amazon Fields Yet Another Labor Lawsuit as Alabama Wraps Unionization Vote
As the vote to determine whether 5,800 Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Ala., will unionize ends Monday…
Amazon Hit With Lawsuit Alleging Sexual Assault and Discrimination
The suit from Charlotte Newman, a Black employee at AWS, alleges race and gender discrimination and Equality…
Why Aren’t We Making Progress on Labor Conditions?
Cornell researchers identify several factors hampering real change in worker conditions and burdening garment…
Why Amazon’s Suing the New York Attorney General
In a federal complaint, Amazon accused AG Letitia James of overstepping bounds in a probe of the e-commerce…
Asos Study Reveals Promise and Pitfalls of #SustainableFashion Twitter Talk
Sustainability has been a fashion industry buzzword for seasons now, and the chatter doesn't get much louder…