 | Fashion Victims - A Report On Sandblasted Denim
This report, by the Swedish Fair Trade Centre in cooperation with the Clean Clothes Campaign, offers a report on sandblasted denim.
Treating denim to make the fabric look worn or faded is common within the clothing industry. Different methods can be used to create the desired... February 2011 |
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 | Taking Liberties
"Systematic Exploitation" in Indian Garment Hub
A new report by the UK-based organisations Labour Behind the Label and War on Want details the extremely poor working conditions in Gurgaon, India, one of the main centers of garments production in Asia. Labour Behind the Label is name of... December 2010 |
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 | Women working in the shadows The informal economy and export processing zones
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This publication examines areas of women's work in the world economy which have been largely ignored by labour market statistics, media headlines and research projects. It provides basic information on the informal economy and export processing zones, in which the... March 2010 |
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 | Let’s Clean Up Fashion 2009 - The State of Pay Behind the UK High Street
Report produced by the UK CCC (Labour Behind the Label) that details how major British retailers lack any coherent strategy to ensure a living wage for the people who make their clothes.
Many of the biggest brands have publicly accepted that garment workers' wages need to... October 2009 |
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 | Aldi’s Special Bargains from China
Violation of Labour and Women’s Rights in the Discount Business
SÜDWIND Institut für Ökonomie und Ökumene (part of the German CCC) published a study on the labour conditions in supplier factories of the Aldi Group. The research carried out in Chinese factories that supply special bargains... February 2009 |
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 | Who Pays for Our Clothing from Lidl and Kik?
CCC - Germany Labour force at a discount price. A good deal for all? Globalisation and discounting are closely related. About 90 percent of our clothing is produced in Asia, Central America, Eastern Europe and several countries in Africa. The majority of retailing companies, such as... September 2008 |
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 | 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... September 2008 |
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 | Aldi's Clothing Bargains - Discount Buys Discounting Standards?
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Working conditions in Aldi's suppliers in China and Indonesia: Suggestions for consumer and trade union action. The largest German and European discounter, Aldi, is selling its clothing bargains at a high price: in its study, the SÜDWIND Institute provides evidence of unprecedented violations of labour laws... August 2007 |
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