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September 12, 2023

Nike Shareholders Lack ‘Just Do It’ Energy

July 6, 2023

Harassment, gender-based violence concerns addressed at factories: report

July 1, 2023

Dindigul Agreement resolves gender-based garment worker violence, says report

June 30, 2023

Women workers transform Tamil Nadu factories in fight against gender-based violence

June 28, 2023

Dindigul Agreement resolves gender-based garment worker violence

June 20, 2023

Debt Crisis, Corporate Culpability and the Apparel Sector: Labour Reforms in Perspective

June 14, 2023

Bangladesh Minimum Wage: Are low wages to blame for nutritional deficiencies in garment workers?

June 13, 2023

Bangladesh garment workers request minimum wage raise ahead of government decision

June 9, 2023

Bangladesh Workers Not Letting Up on Minimum Wage Campaign

June 8, 2023

Bangladesh Workers Not Letting Up on Minimum Wage Campaign

June 7, 2023

Garment workers and trade unions call for better wages for workers

June 7, 2023

Bangladesh’s garment workers consume insufficient calories

June 6, 2023

RMG workers consume fewer calories than national standard in Bangladesh: study

June 1, 2023

Allegations of wage theft in supplier factories in Pakistan

May 31, 2023

The Business Standard: The low-wage specialisation niche in Bangladesh is not a long-term solution: UN Special Rapporteur

May 30, 2023

The low-wage specialisation niche in Bangladesh is not a long-term solution: UN Special Rapporteur

May 17, 2023

Sektor Padat Karya Membutuhkan Solusi / The TPT Industry Needs Solutions

May 17, 2023

Berekspansi dengan Menyiasati Tantangan / Need to Address Challenges as the TPT Industry Expands

May 3, 2023

How Sustainable is Zara and Can I Shop There with a Clean Conscience?

April 20, 2023

AFWA Voices Support for Bangladeshi Trade Unions’ Demand

April 19, 2023

AFWA-Bangladesh Supports Demand for Minimum Wage Hike in RMG Sector

April 17, 2023

AFWA Supports Bangladesh Garment Sector Wage Rise

April 14, 2023

NGO Declares Support for Bangladesh Wage Rise

April 12, 2023

‘No Way Out:’ Levi’s Said to Seek Discounts from ‘Doormat’ Denim Suppliers

March 31, 2023

Respon Keras Pengesahan Permenaker, Aliansi Upah Dasar Asia: Upah Buruh yang Dipotong Harus Diganti Pemerintah / Strong Response to the Minister of Manpower Regulation by AFWA: the Government Must Compensate the Slashing of Workers’ Wages

March 29, 2023

Labour Costs, Not Target Retail Price, Should Determine Garment Price for a Living Wage

March 18, 2023

Wage Theft

March 9, 2023

Shareholder Activist Blasts Nike for Doing Too Little to Prevent Abuses in Supply Chain

March 7, 2023

Nike under Fire as Unions Allege OECD Guidelines ‘Breach’ in Supply Chain

March 2, 2023

South, SE Asia Unions Claim Fashion Brands are ‘Cashing in’ on Covid Wage Theft

March 1, 2023

Asia Factory Workers Press Nike over Missing Pay

March 1, 2023

Lawan Pencurian Upah, SPN Ajak Serikat Pekerja di Seluruh Dunia untuk Adukan PHK Massal Kepada OECD / SPN Represents Indonesian Garment Workers in Campaign Against Wage Theft, Mass Layoffs

March 1, 2023

Garment Workers Blast ‘Dangerous’ New Normal at Nike

February 28, 2023

Pandemic Recovery for Whom? Global South Garment Workers Face Wage Theft as Companies Rake in Profits

February 28, 2023

Campaign against ‘Wage Theft’ is Launched

February 27, 2023

Garment Workers Take on Wage Theft and Wall Street

September 12, 2022

Natchi Apparel US Import Ban Lifted ‘Thanks to’ Collective Bargaining

September 8, 2022

How Walmart Garment Supplier Got Itself Off Imports Blacklist

September 5, 2022

With Inflation Painfully High, Fashion’s Garment Workers Pay the Price

August 5, 2022

‘This is a Crisis Response’: Is it Time for a Global Garment Workers Severance Fund?

August 5, 2022

130 Workers Sickened in Another Brandix Gas Leak

August 1, 2022

Sri Lanka’s Garment Workers Struggling to Survive ‘Galloping Inflation’

July 28, 2022

AP: Garment Workers Face Low Wage, High Production Targets

July 28, 2022

Indian Garment Giant Refutes ‘Factually Incorrect’ Allegations

July 26, 2022

Ending Exploitation in the Fashion Industry

July 18, 2022

When Dalit Women United in Dindigul

June 29, 2022

India’s Garment Factory Accidents Not ‘Isolated Incidents’

June 21, 2022

Columbia Supplier Accused of Worker Violations

June 19, 2022

“Bedah Kisah di Balik Perjanjian Dindigul Dalam Mengakhiri Kekerasan dan Pelecehan berbasis Gender di tempat kerja / The Story Behind the Dindigul Agreement to End Gender-Based Violence and Harassment at the Workplace

June 18, 2022

Asia Floor Wage Alliance blames an Indian factory for labour violations

June 4, 2022

“Wir schliefen auf den Kleidern” / “We Slept on the Clothes”

June 4, 2022

Für mehr als nur einen Sommer / For More Than Just One Summer

May 25, 2022

‘To Survive, I Must Appear Fearless’: The Former Nun Helping India’s Garment Workers Fight Sexual Violence

May 24, 2022

Labor Groups Supporting Indian Garment Workers Call on More Global Brands to Join Landmark Dindigul Agreement to End GBVH

May 22, 2022

Murder, Rape and Abuse in Asia’s Factories: The True Price of Fast Fashion

May 12, 2022

Industry Initiatives To Tackle Shop-Floor Sexual Violence In India

May 12, 2022

India: ‘We have achieved a historic labour rights win for female Dalit workers’

May 12, 2022

ஜெயஸ்ரீ கதிரவேல்: தமிழ்நாடு தலித் பெண் ஆடை தொழிலாளியின் கொலை சர்வதேச அரங்கில் மாற்றத்தை ஏற்படுத்த உதவியது எப்படி? / Jeyasre Kathiravel: How the murder of a Tamil Dalit garment worker sparked global change

May 9, 2022

Crisis after COVID-19 for Sri Lankan Women who Dress the West

May 1, 2022

Labour rights more important than ever as digital economy and new tech leave workers exposed

May 1, 2022

How a Dalit garment worker’s murder sparked a movement that got H&M to address gender-based violence

April 28, 2022

How Brands Fuel ‘Culture of Abuse’ at India’s Factories

April 26, 2022

Sri Lanka’s Biggest Garment Maker Dismisses ‘Inflammatory’ Accusations

April 23, 2022

Fashion brands said ‘never again’ but women are still being exploited in supply chains

April 21, 2022

India’s Garment Worker Abuse Worsens, Report Says

April 20, 2022

Fashion’s gender-based violence crisis: meet the activists at the forefront of the battle for a Fashion Revolution

April 20, 2022

Fashion’s gender-based violence crisis: Union leaders share how they’re fighting to end harassment

April 19, 2022

Indian Mega Manufacturer Speaks Out on ‘Production Torture’ Claims

April 14, 2022

Sri Lanka: Report alleges Brandix engaged in campaign of ‘reprisals and repression’ against unions and labour orgs. for exposing alleged COVID-19 violation at ‘superspreader’ company event

April 12, 2022

Perjanjian Ditandatangani: H&M Bersumpah Hentikan Kekerasan Seksual Di Pabrik Pemasoknya Di India / Agreement signed: H&M pledges to stop sexual violence at its supplier factory in India

April 7, 2022

A Dalit Women-led Union Leads the Way to Make Workplaces Safer in Tamil Nadu

April 6, 2022

H&M Signs Historic Agreement with TN Supplier to End Gender Violence in Garment Factories

April 5, 2022

H&M Signs Agreement with Supplier and Trade Union to End Gender-Based Violence

April 2, 2022

H&M Signs Agreement to End Gender-Based Violence in India’s Apparel Industry

April 1, 2022

H&M Pledges to End Shopfloor Sexual Violence in India after Worker Killed

April 1, 2022

What H&M Is Doing About Sexual Violence Against India’s Garment Workers

March 23, 2022

Perempuan Buruh Garmen: Jauh Dari Gaya, Dekat Dengan Bahaya / Women’s Garment Workers: Far From Stylish, Close To Danger

March 7, 2022

Karnataka Garment Workers Win Half the $59 Million They’re Owed

February 18, 2022

Violence Against Women Garment Workers Increased during Pandemic

January 28, 2022

Fashion Advocates Believe ‘Fashion Act’ Lacks Key Elements

December 31, 2021

Violence Against Women in Garment Factories is Rising. Brands Might be to Blame.

October 27, 2021

Nobel Prize and Minimum Wages

October 22, 2021

They Make Clothes for H&M. Pandemic Lockdowns Pushed Them Deep Into Poverty.

October 21, 2021

Rights Groups to Move Court for Inquiry into Non-Payment of Workers’ Wages

October 18, 2021

The ‘Great Resignation’ Goes Global

September 30, 2021

California’s Garment Labour Law: The Global Implications

August 11, 2021

Church Can Provide Healing Touch to Asia’s Garment Workers

July 28, 2021

Orders are Back But Working Conditions are Not: Firings and Wage Cuts in Sourcing Hubs

July 17, 2021

How the West’s Thirst for Fast Fashion is Destroying Lives

July 14, 2021

More Hours, Less Money: Garment Workers Hit by COVID-19 Rights Rollback

July 12, 2021

Nike, Primark Address Factory Worker Wage Theft Reports

July 12, 2021

Pakistani Garment Workers Faced Worst ‘Wage Theft’ during Pandemic, says Report

July 12, 2021

Labor Rights Group Aims to Hold Apparel Brands Jointly Liable for Alleged Supply Chain Abuses

July 9, 2021

Global Fashion Brands Caused Humanitarian Crisis in 6 Asian Countries During Pandemic, Says Report

April 20, 2021

Devising a New Social Contract for Fashion’s Garment Workers

February 22, 2021

Sweatpants Sales are Booming, but the Workers Who Make Them are Earning Even Less

February 5, 2021

The Apparel Industry has Betrayed its Workforce

February 1, 2021

Worker at H&M Supply Factory was Killed after Months of Harassment, Claims Family

January 27, 2021

Will Fashion Brands Sacrifice ‘Gigantic Profits’ to Pay Workers Living Wages?

January 18, 2021

‘They Left Us Starving’: How the Fashion Industry Abandoned its Workers

November 17, 2020

Indian Factory Workers Supplying Major Brands Allege Routine Exploitation

April 20, 2020

For a Few Cents More

December 25, 2019

New Rules, Old Problems

September 28, 2016

Dutch Retailers Paying ‘Starvation Wages’ to Indian Textile Workers: Report

June 6, 2016

This Is What Goes Into Your Cheap T-Shirt

June 1, 2016

Report Slams Walmart for ‘Exploitative’ Conditions in Asia Factories

May 31, 2016

“A web of terror, insecurity, and a high level of vulnerability”: H&M, Gap, and Walmart are Accused of Widespread Worker Abuse

May 26, 2016

Clothing Brands Must Help Ensure Asia’s Garment Workers Get a Living Wage

May 24, 2016

The Women Who Make H&M’s Clothes Are Fired For Getting Pregnant