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‘This is a Crisis Response’: Is it Time for a Global Garment Workers Severance Fund?
Garment workers worldwide are increasingly being denied severance wages. Should brands and retailers take…
Do Garment Workers Really Have Freedom of Association? Here’s What the Data Says
In many manufacturing regions unionizing is verboten, and where it is tolerated compliance meets the letter…
Apparel and Footwear Titans are Centralizing Suppliers, Research Shows
Nike's sourcing consolidation from a sprawling network to roughly half the number of strategic suppliers is…
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Regulation, Recognition & Relationships Can Move the Needle on Labor Rights
In the past decade, labor compliance improvement has stalled. A panel at Texworld NYC examined what is needed…
New Book Highlights Flaws of Private Regulation
Sarosh Kuruvilla's book "Private Regulation of Labor Standards in Global Supply Chains" analyzes data to…
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 Aren’t We Making Progress on Labor Conditions?
Cornell researchers identify several factors hampering real change in worker conditions and burdening garment…
Does Private Labor Regulation Work? Probably Not
Cornell's research shows that the average number of violations found in labor audits was almost unchanged…
The Missing Middle: Rewarding Compliance in the Supply Chain
Data analyzed by Cornell's New Conversations Project points to poor communication between compliance teams…
Three Decades of Promises: Data Shows an Industry Slow to Improve
An analytical look at how brands address the supply chain shows a 'decoupling' between ideas and…
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