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Multinational companies: problem or solution? The role of brands and retailers in improving working conditions "Alternative" or "Ethical" Clothes A number of initiatives selling clothes that are calling themselves "ethical", "alternative" or "fairly produced" have sprung up following campaigns by the international anti-sweatshop movement and increased consumer interest in fair trade and ethical shopping. These initiatives aim to promote the idea of a more ethical clothing industry and/or meet the demands of a rising number of individual and institutional consumers for "clean clothes". Read more >> Aldi's clothing bargains -discount buys discounting standards? Working conditions in Aldi's suppliers in China and Indonesia: Suggestions for consumer and trade union action, August 2007 Read more >> REPORT - The Story of Toys Made in China for Wal-Mart Wal-Mart squeeze pushes Chinese toy factories to lie and cheat Chinese Workers suffer intense labor pains calling on human dignity Read more >> PUBLICATION - Who pays for cheap clothes? 5 questions the low-cost retailers must answer  The four companies this report focusses on, Asda, Tesco, Primark and Matalan, are to fashion what McDonalds and Burger King are to food: mass produced, hassle-free, fast, popular, and reliant on exploitation down the supply chain to keep things that way. It asks what impact this trend is having on workers' rights, and challenges these retailers to ensure that workers are not paying for our cheap clothes with their human rights. Download the report here >> Companies Select one of the companies for more information                          
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Where Can I Buy Clean Clothes? This is probably the most common question that the CCC hears. So the Dutch and Belgian CCCs have sought to provide some answers – and in some imaginative ways. To help consumers learn more about brands and retailers and what they’re doing – or not doing – to ensure that labour rights are respected, the Dutch CCC developed ‘Modepoly’, a Monopoly-lik... Friday, 1 May 2009 Read more |
Let's Clean Up Fashion The fashion industry has always struggled to talk about the living wage in an open and consistent way. Two years ago, brands and retailers said it wasn't a problem, or that if it was, it was somebody else's. Last year they agreed that they ought to do something, but hadn't quite got round to it yet. This year they have begun to dabble, but most say... Thursday, 11 September 2008 Read more |
LEADING SPORTS BRANDS, UNIONS, NGOs FORM WORKING GROUP For immediate release LEADING SPORTS BRANDS AND UNIONS WORKING TOGETHER GLOBALLY FOR BETTER WORKING CONDITIONS Brussels, 2 July 2008: A month before the start of the Beijing Olympics key sporting goods brands including Nike, adidas, New Balance, Umbro and Speedo are forming a ground breaking joint working group with trade unions and NGOs to explore... Tuesday, 1 July 2008 Read more |
Sportswear Industry Shamed by New Allegations on Working Conditions PRESS RELEASE- “No real progress” since Athens games, say PF08 campaigners- China: workers glueing sports shoes for less than $2 per day, stitching footballs for $0.50 eachBrussels - As the clock ticks down to the Beijing Olympics, workers producing for the international sportswear companies that spend millions on Olympic and athletic sponsorship d... Sunday, 20 April 2008 Read more |
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