Day Eight Of The Worker Action Tour | Across Cities, One Fight
June 2, 2025
After their visit to the site of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire and gathering at Nike’s 5th Avenue store, Dedeh, Leni, and Dinar continued their journey—meeting with union members and more allies who share a commitment to holding brands accountable. In every city, they’ve made it clear: garment workers are organizing across borders, and they are naming the parties responsible for wage theft, union repression, and unsafe working conditions.
In New York City, the delegation met with the NYC Central Labor Council and the Desis Rising Up and Moving (DRUM) organization and visited a memorial quilt exhibit honoring the victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire and the Rana Plaza collapse. For the three worker activists, it was a stark reminder that factory disasters don’t happen in isolation—they happen in patterns, when profit is prioritized over people. The memorial connected past and present: the lives lost in New York over a century ago, the lives lost in Rana Plaza and the lives still being risked across global supply chains today.
From New York, the workers activists continued to Philadelphia, where they met with more allies, including the Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO, the Philadelphia Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW), and the Action Center on Race and the Economy (ACRE). Together, they discussed the ongoing fight to make Nike pay what it owes to garment workers in its supply chain. These meetings were grounded in shared experiences of brand impunity, and in a collective commitment to challenging it through worker and union organizing and cross-border solidarity.
Stay tuned for more updates and read: Day Six Of The Worker Action Tour | Nike, Triangle, and the Women Workers Still Fighting