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Zara, Nike, and Abercrombie’s Indian Factories Weren’t Fully Paying Workers

Media outlet: Vice

February 9, 2022
News Story

Breakthrough in Karnataka minimum wage dispute

Media outlet: Ecotextile News

February 4, 2022
Commentary

80,000 Shahi Exports Workers Will Finally Get Their Back Pay

In a major breakthrough in the efforts of the Garment and Textile Workers’…

February 2, 2022
News Story

AAFA urges factories to pay garment workers

Media outlet: Ecotextile News

January 28, 2022
News Story

India Wage Theft ‘Worst’ Fashion Has Seen

Media outlet: Sourcing Journal

January 7, 2022
News Story

‘Worst fashion wage theft’: workers go hungry as Indian suppliers to top UK brands refuse to pay minimum wage

Media outlet: The Guardian

December 16, 2021
News Story

Indian garment workers ‘denied minimum wage’

Media outlet: Ecotextile News

December 16, 2021
Press Release

Worker Rights Consortium Urges Apparel Brands to Join International Safety Accord on Anniversary of Deadly Factory Fire

Since the International Accord for Health and Safety in the Textile and Garment…

December 13, 2021
Press Release

On Anniversary of Bangladesh’s Deadliest Garment Factory Fire, Worker Rights Consortium Urges Walmart and Other Laggard Retailers to Join Acclaimed Safety Program

Two months after the International Accord for Health and Safety in the Textile…

November 24, 2021
News Story

Call to extend new safety Accord to Pakistan

Media outlet: Ecotextile News

September 10, 2021
News Story

New call to action for protecting garment workers in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka

Media outlet: Vogue

September 3, 2021
Commentary

Bangladeshi and Sri Lankan Unions Call for Health and Safety Protections for Garment Workers

The Covid 19 pandemic has posed new health and safety risks for garment…

August 31, 2021

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