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Garment workers protest worsening conditions in fast-fashion factories
Campaigners demand an end of the 'race to the bottom' from fashion brands
garment workers
Garment workers protest worsening conditions in fast-fashion factories
Campaigners demand an end of the 'race to the bottom' from fashion brands
Rana Plaza: UK MPs call for solidarity with garment workers on 10th anniversary of factory collapse
'It is crucial to pay tribute to the bravery of trade unionists in Bangladesh and around the world organising in the garment industry in such difficult circumstances.'
Brand image won’t prevent labour abuses, but human rights will
Fundamental labour rights and protections should not be optional, applicable only to the rich but must be a central part of our labour markets, for compromises create cracks and cracks lead to catastrophe.
Bangladesh garment worker tragedy is ‘mass industrial slaughter’
Since 2005, more than 1,000 textile workers in Bangladesh have died in fires and building collapses. Thousands of people, many of them young women work in appalling and unsafe conditions in factories which supply western countries and High Street stores with cheap clothing.