Blog Archives - Labour Behind the Label

Amazon must pay ALL its workers

by | Nov 22, 2021 | Blog, Take Action

Black Friday week 2021 is here. Amazon, one of the huge pandemic profit winners, is set to make billions this week. All the while workers in its supply chain are facing wage theft, union busting and job insecurity as the most vulnerable shoulder the cost of the...

Community Engagement Worker (UK Garment Workers)

by | Nov 5, 2021 | Blog

£34,871 FTE pro rata (0.4 FTE – 2 days a week – hours can be flexible) + 6% employer and 4% employee pension contribution. Holiday is calculated at 33 days FTE (including bank holidays). We are a workers’ cooperative which means we are dedicated to equality reflected...

20 years of Labour Behind the Label – our successes

by | Oct 28, 2021 | Blog

Labour Behind the Label is now 20 years old. As a small but mighty campaigning group, we’ve achieved a lot in our short history. By standing alongside the workers who make our clothes and their organisations around the world, to call for better conditions, wages and...

How to steal your workers’ future

by | Sep 3, 2021 | Blog, Share

How to Steal Your Workers’ Future, is a powerful portrayal of the long-term devastation that severance theft causes for garment workers and their families. Two women speak for the first time on camera about their experiences after being laid off from factories...

WIN: Brands and worker unions agree new binding worker safety agreement

by | Aug 26, 2021 | Blog

On the 25th August 2021, apparel brands and labour unions announced agreement on a new International Accord for Health and Safety in the Textile and Garment Industry, thereby preserving, extending, and expanding the model pioneered by the Bangladesh Accord for...

Tell M&S, Next, Matalan and Primark to protect progress on factory safety

by | Aug 4, 2021 | Blog, Take Action

This action is now closed. Thank you to everyone who tweeted M&S, Next, Matalan and Primark, telling them to protect progress. On the 25th August 2021, apparel brands and workers unions announced the new International Accord for Health and Safety in the ...