Living Wage

News Story

Violent wage protests in Bangladesh could hit top fashion brands

Media outlet: CNN

November 9, 2023
News Story

Workers for fast fashion brands fear starvation as they fight for higher wages

Media outlet: The Guardian

November 7, 2023
News Story

The Workers Who Make Your Clothes Want Higher Pay. Who Should Pony Up?

Media outlet: The Wall Street Journal

November 6, 2023
News Story

Bangladesh’s Wage Protests, Explained

Media outlet: Sourcing Journal

November 3, 2023
News Story

Broken threads: 5 things to know about troubled college clothing industry

Media outlet: Omaha World-Herald

November 1, 2023
News Story

UW-Madison relies on labor rights orgs, questionnaires to weed out bad licensees

Media outlet: Wisconsin State Journal

October 26, 2023
News Story

Broken threads: College clothing made in factories rife with labor violations, poverty wages

Media outlet: Omaha World-Herald

October 26, 2023
Commentary

Bangladesh Minimum Wage Negotiations Put Brands’ Living Wage “Commitments” to the Test

Poverty wages and high inflation, make substantial minimum wage increase for garment workers…

October 25, 2023
Affiliate Communcation

State of California Asked WRC to Deliver Living Wages to Workers Making Masks

To:WRC Affiliate Universities and CollegesFrom:Ben Hensler, Bent Gehrt, and Scott NovaDate:January 24, 2022Re:State…

January 24, 2022
News Story

The quest to find a sustainable prayer rug

Media outlet: Vox

December 23, 2021
News Story

Sweatshops Won’t Help the World’s Poor, but Unions Could

Media outlet: The Nation

September 15, 2021
Affiliate Communcation

Weakening Legal Protections for Garment Workers in Asia

May 27, 2021 Dear colleagues, Over the past year, the WRC has…

May 27, 2021