Building on the Industrial Workers of the World’s new national affiliation with No Sweat, this new webinar series brings together trade unionists from around the world. The first event features the Tamil Nadu Textile and Common Labour Union (TTCU), exploring the Dindigul Agreement and what international solidarity looks like in practice.
The catastrophic collapse of the Rana Plaza building in Bangladesh was meant to force binding accountability and transparency on global fashion brands. Yet years later, structural problems, legislative gaps, and modern slavery persist. With Bangladesh transitioning through a new Interim Government, garment workers stand at a critical crossroads between continued repression and genuine labor reform.
A coalition of over 30 human rights organizations is demanding accountability from Gap Inc. following the illegal termination of pregnant workers and union leaders at a supplier factory in Haiti. Despite clear violations of local labor laws and international standards, the retail giant has yet to take corrective action or offer reinstatement.
The Business & Human Rights Resource Centre has published a blog authored by us about No Sweat’s T-shirt project as part of their Beyond Social Auditing blog series. Check out a small sample here and follow the link to read the full article.
Have you heard? Billionaires are so out of fashion. The anti-sweatshop orca pod took action at London Fashion Week to end extreme wealth at the top of Big Fashion while workers starve then swam on to join the global day of Action calling for.
It’s all of us vs.the fashion billionaires.
