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At NYFW, Models Push Governor to Sign Fashion Workers Act into Law
On the fifth day of New York Fashion Week, a handful of models opted to skip the runway, instead strutting to a government building in …
Want to Protect Workers? Tackle Climate Change, Say Activists
For a little over a decade, activist group Fashion Revolution has galvanised consumers to ask fashion brands a simple, but loaded question: ‘Who made my …
‘It’s been hell’: injured Amazon workers turn to GoFundMe to pay bills | Amazon
Amazon workers left unable to work by injuries on the job have resorted to online fundraising campaigns to pay their bills as they fight for …
Stop Shein Listing on the FTSE, Workers’ Rights Campaigners Urge
Workers rights campaigners have called for the UK’s next government to oppose the online fashion business Shein joining the FTSE, arguing that a London listing …
Fashion Firms Agree to Compensate Garment Workers in Mauritius
Leading fashion brands including Barbour and PVH, which owns Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger, have said they will pay £400,000 to garment workers in Mauritius …
Serving the tee: fashion workers on where they found their favourite T-shirts | Life and style
“The best kind of T-shirt is the type you had as a kid at school, that starts off feeling like a cardboard box, but 10 …
Amazon’s Logistics Workers in Spain Plan Cyber Monday Walk-Outs
Spanish union CCOO on Monday called on 20,000 warehouse and delivery workers at Amazon’s local unit to stage a one-hour strike on each shift on …
Workers for fast fashion brands fear starvation as they fight for higher wages | Global development
Garment workers making clothes in Bangladesh for UK high-street brands say they are facing starvation and are having to steal and scavenge food from fields …
‘War of attrition’: why union victories for US workers at Amazon have stalled | Amazon
A year ago, Amazon workers in Staten Island, New York won a “historic” victory – overcoming a multimillion-dollar campaign by the multibillion-dollar corporation to win …
Walmart Faces Second US Lawsuit This Week Over Treatment of Workers
Walmart Inc was sued on Thursday by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency’s second lawsuit this week accusing the largest US retailer …
Prada Aims to Hire Over 400 Workers in Italy This Year
Prada aims to hire more than 400 people in Italy by the end of the year to strengthen its production capacity and maintain growth, the …
Union Group Calls on Brands to Support Garment Workers After Turkey Quake
The Pay Your Workers coalition said international brands should commit to pay suppliers on time, take steps to address wage theft and make sure factories …
Banana Boat Maker Still Sees Tight Market for Factory Workers
For a gauge of just how tight the labor market is, look no further than the company that makes Banana Boat sunscreen and Playtex tampons. Edgewell Personal Care …
Stitch Fix to Cut 20% of Salaried Workers as CEO Steps Down
Stitch Fix Inc. said Thursday that it will cut about 20 percent of salaried employees and that Chief Executive Officer Elizabeth Spaulding will step down. …
Workers in Thailand who made F&F jeans for Tesco ‘trapped in effective forced labour’ | Tesco
Burmese workers that produced F+F jeans for Tesco in Thailand report being trapped in effective forced labour, working 99-hour weeks for illegally low pay in …
‘How Can We Live?’: For Garment Workers, It’s Worse Than the Pandemic
DHAKA, Bangladesh – For the last three months, Rashida Khatun, a garment worker at one of the many factories in Dhaka that make clothes for …
Doha fashion Fridays: migrant workers show off their style – a photo essay | Qatar
Every day Bisho Sahani would start his work shift at 5am, constructing roads for hours in Qatar’s ferocious summer heat. And every night when he …
Amazon enters the age of robots. What does that mean for its workers? | Amazon
Trapped in a metal cage in a corner of a 350,000 sq ft Amazon warehouse outside Boston last week a lonely yellow robot arm sorted …
Devising a New Social Contract for Fashion’s Garment Workers
To subscribe to the BoF Podcast, please follow this link. Over the past year, the pandemic has laid bare — and worsened — the stark …