Blog Archives - Labour Behind the Label

How to steal your workers’ future

by | Sep 3, 2021 | Blog

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

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 ...

Action Update: Volume 32

by | Jul 30, 2021 | action updates, Blog, Resources

Find out what Labour Behind the Label have been up to in our bi-annual Action Update. It’s now been over year since the shockwaves of Covid-19 have been felt globally, not least by those who make our clothes. Our #PayYourWorkers campaign is ongoing; brands are...

Report: Still Un(der)paid: How the garment industry failed to pay its workers during the pandemic

by | Jul 21, 2021 | Blog

The crisis is far from over for garment workers who are owed 11.85 billion USD in unpaid income and severance, whilst labour rights violations flourish, according to new research by Clean Clothes Campaign. Although apparel brands and retailers have returned to...

Report: Brands are Pushing Garment Workers to Breaking Point during the Pandemic

by | Jul 2, 2021 | Blog, reports

In a hard-hitting new research report, Clean Clothes Campaign shows that H&M, Nike and Primark have driven factory workers in their supply chains in Bangladesh, Cambodia and Indonesia into desperation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Interviews conducted with 49...