PRESS RELEASEs
Press release: Activists call on Boohoo board to give evidence that prices don’t prohibit legal work
Activists are posing key questions to the board of Boohoo Group at their AGM today concerning the prices Boohoo pays to suppliers, and debts owed to workers.
Boohoo Group PLC AGM Questions 2022
Questions asked by Labour Behind the Label at the Boohoo Group AGM in Leicester on Friday 17 June, 2022.
Open letter: Missguided co-owners and investors must prioritise the payment of debts to suppliers, thus respecting workers who made Missguided clothes
Now that Missguided has entered administration it is crucial that suppliers are prioritised in the repayment of debts to prevent the permanent closure of many factories. Workers at a growing number of UK suppliers have not been paid owed-wages and an unknown number of suppliers, UK and overseas, have laid workers off without wages due to Missguided’s non-payment.
Press release: Concerns raised about NEXT’s supply chain commitments ahead of Annual Meeting
Rights groups have expressed concerns regarding NEXT’s efforts to ensure supply chain workers are compensated fairly in a joint statement released on the eve of the fashion brand’s AGM.
Next plc AGM question 2022
The text of Labour Behind the Label’s question to Next plc’s board at their 2022 AGM shareholder meeting.
Press release: Eliminating poverty and fighting climate change are not mutually exclusive
PRESS RELEASE For immediate release- 31st October 2019 In a recent interview, H&M Chief Executive Karl-Johan Persson warned of ‘terrible social consequences’ if consumers ditch fast fashion amid concerns about the climate crisis[1]. In his warped logic, reducing...
Press release: Unions and NGOs criticise government for ignoring human rights in post-Brexit Cambodian trade deal
9.10.19 - Labour Behind the Label have today criticised the UK Government for unconditionally promising that Cambodia will retain trade privileges with the UK after Brexit. A joint letter [1] with the Trades Union Congress, to the foreign office, made clear...
New report shares good practice for advancing workers’ rights in the shoe industry
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="3755" img_size="full"][vc_column_text]Press release: Tuesday 19 December 2017 New report shares good practice for advancing workers’ rights in the shoe industry Campaigners hope to encourage progress on workers’ rights...
Despite massive profits, big fashion brands refuse to pay workers after factory closures
16 December 2017 Despite massive profits, big fashion brands refuse to pay workers after factory closures Garment workers and activists unite in global actions against wage theft Unpaid garment workers demand justice: messages to shoppers found in clothes in Marks and...
Tell us who made our shoes! Thousands call on leading UK brands to come clean, and to stop endangering workers
Campaigners with the petition outside Office Shoes in London_Labour Behind the Label Labour Behind the Label6 December 2017 Tell us who made our shoes! Thousands call on leading UK brands to come clean, and to stop endangering workers 13,606-strong petition received...