In this episode we commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Rana Plaza building collapse, an incident of industrial homicide that killed well over 1000 garment workers and left thousands more with life changing injuries. Andrew speaks with Nav about her recent trip to Bangladesh and we head to Toynbee Hall for a live discussion about what actually happened that day, and what has been done since to stop it from ever happening again.
In this final episode of season one, Andrew, Nav and Mayisha reflect on the amazing people they have met in the course of making this podcast, before we descend the steps of London’s iconic 100 Club for a special live episode. Plus, Nav gives us the inside scoop on a special protest that disrupted Boohoo’s greenwashing fashion event.
In this episode we delve into the murky world of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and take a closer look at social auditing by speaking to the people exposing how it has failed. We also introduce an alternative system, Worker-Driven Social Responsibility, that is challenging the status quo and putting workers in the driving seat when it comes to ethical change in the workplace.
In this uncharacteristically short episode, the gang set their sights on the 2022 World Cup for a little chat about the shocking conditions of workers in Qatar and the hypocritical attitude taken by mainstream media in the Global North. Plus, Andrew treats us to one of their very own punk songs.
Trigger warning: gender-based violence, sexual assault, femicide.
In this episode we learn about a young Indian garment worker called Jeyasre Kathiravel, who was brutally murdered by her supervisor at a factory producing for major Western brands.
