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Garment Workers
Workers Who Make Black Friday Deals Possible Face Attacks on Right to Organize
New reports detail how the fashion industry relies on underpaid and overworked labor in the Global South.
A Year After the Uprising in Bangladesh, Activists Hold on to Hope Amid Backlash
Hundreds of thousands in Bangladesh rose up against exploitation in 2024. Anti-fascists everywhere can learn from them.
12 Years After Factory Collapse, Bangladeshi Workers Fight for a Better Future
Survivors of the Rana Plaza disaster, many of whom can no longer work, are still fighting for compensation.
Garment Workers Take on Wall Street and Wage Theft
A new campaign targets brands that are spending on stock buybacks instead of compensating workers for lost wages.
Garment Workers Win Historic Victory in Effort to Transform Fashion Industry
PayUp is one of the most successful labor rights campaigns in the fashion industry in modern times.
As Fashion Lines Are Praised for Making Face Masks, Don’t Ignore Garment Workers
Many workers making the masks face a risk of infection at work and some lack access to bathrooms with soap and water.
Sweatshops Don’t Just Exist Overseas — They’re Here in the US Too
Yeni Dewi was paid $200 a month for 18-hour days with no bedroom or paid days off.
How Nike Uses Liberal Multiculturalism to Hide Abuse
Nike’s social justice ad campaign exploits consumer gullibility and conceals worker misery.
PR, Profit and “Empowering Women” in the Garment Industry
How can a global garment value chain relying on the devaluation of female labour fulfil promises of empowerment? It can't.
The Fashion Victims of Cambodia
Rebecca Henschke reports on garment workers killed by riot police when striking for pay rise.