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adidas steals from it’s workers
Adidas is one of the world’s most profitable sports brands, yet workers making their clothes are systematically subjected to wage theft and union busting.
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MATALAN:
STOP STEALING FROM FAMILIES
During the pandemic, over 1000 women who made clothes for Matalan were fired and then robbed of their legally owed bonuses and unpaid wages. Matalan workers’ families have been waiting for a year and a half to be paid what they are owed. Tell Matalan to stop stealing from families.
MISSGUIDED:
PAY YOUR WORKERS FIRST
The online fast fashion brand Missguided currently owes millions of pounds in unpaid bills to suppliers around the world. This is impacting on workers, many of whom are owed thousands of pounds in wages and payments. Tell Missguided to pay their workers before they payout to investors and shareholders.
NEXT, NIKE AND AMAZON:
IT’S TIME TO PAY YOUR WORKERS
The 35 million people around the world who sew our clothes make some of the lowest wages in the world. It would take just ten cents per t-shirt for brands to make sure garment workers survive the pandemic. Tell Nike, Amazon and Next: It’s time to pay your workers.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
A peaceful walking tour demonstration targeting key brands to remember those we lost and demand action.
Join us to commemorate those who lost their lives in the disaster and remind high street chains to always put people before profits.
Launching in April, the Rana Plaza Solidarity Collective will host a photo exhibition by the celebrated Bangladeshi photographer and activist, Taslima Akhter and members of Bangladesh Garment Workers Solidarity (BGWS). Taslima was on the ground hours after the Rana Plaza collapsed and the photos highlight not only the devastation of the collapse, but ten years of resistance and struggle for justice by family members and garment workers involved in the Bangladesh Garment Workers Solidarity organisation.
The exhibition will also will also feature a video installation by Rainbow Collective of garment worker protests over 10 years in Bangladesh, together with a collection of large format portraits of Rana Plaza survivors, used as banners in street demonstrations across Europe following the collapse.
On the tenth anniversary of the Rana Plaza disaster, trade unionists, workers’ rights activists, and local community groups will gather in Tower Hamlets, East London for a memorial to remember the lives lost in the deadliest garment-factory disaster in history.
A special event to commemorate the Rana Plaza Disaster, including film showings, speakers, a panel discussion, and refreshments.
An evening of film and discussion at Toynbee Hall. Following the memorial we will head to Toynbee Hall for an evening of film and discussion. The Rainbow Collective will be screening an update to their 2014 film Tears in the Fabric, that follows the lives of the families affected by the disaster; and No Sweat will host a panel discussion on workers’ struggles in Bangladesh over the past ten years and the link to struggles in the UK today. Chaired by No Sweat’s podcast host, non-binary comedian, Andrew O’Neill, and featuring award-winning journalist and author, Tansy Hoskins and more speakers TBC.
TRAID presents a TRAID Late Fundraiser to support garment workers in Bangladesh. Visit TRAID Dalston for an evening of late-night secondhand shopping, in-store activities and music.
PAST ACTIONS
Amazon must pay ALL its workers
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...
Tell M&S, Next, Matalan and Primark to protect progress on factory safety
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...
Tell Next to respect garment workers’ rights
In January 2021, following a successful action to win back unpaid bonuses, workers at a factory owned by Next formed a new branch of the FTZ&GSEU trade union...
