worker safety
Crystal International Joins RISE to Advance Women Empowerment
The company trained 190 employees during its first stage of membership.
Pakistan Accord Renewal Exposes Fault Lines in Brand Commitments
While the binding agreement will be preserved in its current form through 2029, at least two brands have…
Is Garment Factory Safety in Bangladesh Backsliding?
More than a decade after the collapse of Rana Plaza, a spate of recent tragedies and near-tragedies raises…
Pakistan Accord’s Safety Standards Spur Industry Support in Spite of Tariffs
A growing number of brand signatories and factory inspections has made the country's garment industry more…
New York’s Retail Worker Safety Act Is Live
The RWDSU-backed Retail Worker Safety Act will require retailers to develop and implement programs to…
Activists Know How to Stop Sexual Violence in the Garment Supply Chain. Will Brands Buy In?
The Asia Floor Wage Alliance, Global Labor Justice and their trade union partners have developed a framework…
Are Amazon’s Warehouses Facing an ‘Injury Crisis’?
A new report also says that working at the Everything Store's fulfillment centers is "dramatically more…
Bangladeshi Factory Safety Monitor Admits Work is ‘Not Without Its Challenges’
Worker rights groups have accused the RMG Sustainability Council, which handles safety inspections and…
Teamsters Back Trump’s OSHA Nominee, But Dissent Emerges
A reform movement within the Teamsters is less thrilled than the wider union over the appointment of…
Garment Worker Safety in Bangladesh Risks ‘Backslide Into Disaster’
The Clean Clothes Campaign and others warn that excessive employer influence in a tripartite monitoring…
Amazon Agrees to Company-Wide Ergonomics Improvements in New OSHA Settlement
OSHA will drop nine of 10 citations related to worker safety and ergonomics as a result of the corporate-wide…
Amazon Manipulated Injury Data, Ignored Safety Warnings, Senate Probe Finds
The Everything Store cherry-picked numbers to make its warehouses appear safer than they are despite…
Moroccan Unions Call for Stronger Textile Industry Safety Regulations
Following several recent fires that killed or injured Moroccan garment workers, unions are calling upon the…
USPS Inks Tentative Deal With Mail Carrier Union
The deal would run through Nov. 7, 2026, and would hike the pay of 200,000 union carriers and expand their…
Levi’s Signs On to Pakistan Accord
It's being hailed as an important victory for worker safety in the garment industry, but some activists…