Female garment factory workers in the UK have statistically significantly higher death rates related to the coronavirus than the rate among other women of the same age in the population, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). In the ‘assemblers and routine operatives’ category - which includes jobs such as sewing - 21 deaths were...
18 Feb 2021
Boohoo has come under intense scrutiny in the past week, despite sales soaring during the pandemic. At the end of June the company announced a controversial payout scheme which would see its management team net 150 million pounds. Earlier this week allegations of modern slavery surfaced, pertaining to one of its Leicester suppliers, which...
7 Jul 2020
Fast-fashion e-tailer Boohoo, which reported strong Q1 sales up 45 percent last month, has been accused of fuelling the coronavirus spread in Leicester, after claims that the factories in its supply chain told staff to come into work during lockdown despite being sick. A report from Labour Behind the Label, a garment worker’s rights group,...
3 Jul 2020
London - 13,606 people are calling on UK’s leading footwear brands and retailers to become more transparent and share where their shoes are produced. More than 13,000 consumers have signed a petition launched by the ’Step Up’ campaign, part of the Change Your Shoes project created by a coalition of 18 organisations including Labour Behind the...
6 Dec 2017
London - Marks & Spencer, Bonmarché and Nygård are being called upon step forward and take responsibility for the compensation of 208 workers in Cambodia, who were left without jobs or salaries following the sudden closure of a garment factory. On July 1, 2016, 208 garment factory workers at the Chung Fai Knitwear Factory in Phnom Penh,...
12 Jul 2017
Although many high street fashion retailers and footwear brands are starting to recognise their responsibilities towards both their workers and consumers there still remains a lot of work to be done when it comes to supply chain transparency. Even though apparel brands have taken important steps towards greater accountability following the Rana...
27 Apr 2017
Supermarket retailer, Asda, has confirmed that they will be starting to phase out the use of sandblasting on their George fashion line pieces. This announcement comes after new research has shown the damaging effects sandblasting techniques can have on workers’ health. "As part of Walmart's global commitment, we are already in the process of...
22 Mar 2011
Some of the biggest names on the British high street use Indian sweatshops which pay poverty wages and break labour laws to keep costs to a bare minimum, according to a new report.Surveying the garment industry in Gurgaon, India, it shows that the workers making clothes for higher end retailers - M&S, Debenhams, Arcadia, Monsoon and NEXT – are...
13 Dec 2010
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