December 2023
Workers at Turkish Levi’s Supplier Fight for Union Choice
Jasmin Malik Chua | Sourcing Journal | 12 December 2023
Schwere Vorwürfe: Vorarlberger Textilriese schuldet Arbeiterinnen 5,5 Millionen Euro
David Freudenthaler, Susanne Bickel | Die Presse | 15 December 2023
Textilfirma Huber wird Lohndiebstahl vorgeworfen
ORF | 15 December 2023
November 2023
Ativistas fingiram ser executivo da Adidas e DJ Marshmello na Web Summit e ninguém reparou
Diario de Noticias | 17 November 2023
Activistas se hacen pasar por DJ Marshmello y un ejecutivo de Adidas en la Web Summit
El Universal | 17 November 2023
Impostor fez-se passar pelo DJ Marshmello na Web Summit & Falso DJ Marshmello denuncia exploração laboral na indústria da roupa desportiva
Diogo Camilo | Renascença | 17 November 2023
Adidas faces second hoax by activist collective calling for workers’ rights
Rachel Douglass | Fashion United UK | 17 November 2023
The Yes Men : des activistes des droits des travailleurs ciblent Adidas
Julia Garel | Fashion United FR | 17 November 2023
Adidas opnieuw doelwit van actie-alliantie Yes Men tijdens Web Summit
Sylvana Lijbaart | Fashion United NL | 17 November 2023
The Yes Men Prank the Web Summit as adidas
Atlas Lisboa | 17 November 2023
Web Summit: Künstlerkollektiv Yes Men nimmt Adidas erneut ins Visier
Jule Scot | Fashion United DE | 17 November 2023
Artist collective Yes Men is once again taking aim at Adidas
Take to News | 17 November 2023
Imposter DJ Marshmello Stirs Controversy at Web Summit Over Virtual Currency Adicoin
BNN | 17 November 2023
Dupla de ativistas fingiu ser DJ Marshmello e representante da Adidas na Web Summit - CNN Portugal
Joana Abrantes Gomes | CNN Portugal | 17 November 2023
Adidas’s Worker-Centered ‘AdiVerse’ Is Not What it Seems
Jasmin Malik Chua | Sourcing Journal | 20 November 2023
Activists Pulled Off Prank At Web Summit, Impersonating Executives And Marshmello
Guilherme de Paola | EDMTunes | 20 November 2023
Adidas responds to phony “AdiVerse”, impersonator and allegations
Rosemary Feiterberg | WWD | 21 November 2023
October 2023
CCC will sich bei OECD-Kontaktstelle über Textilfirma Olymp beschweren
Caspar Dohmen | ESG Table | 25 October 2023
Kroatische Näherinnen fordern Abfindung von Olymp
Tobias Schwab | Frankfurter Rundschau | 29 October 2023
September 2023
Nike turns its back on Cambodian workers
Brandais York | Apparel Insider | 11 September 2023
Investors pressure Nike on wages allegedly owed to factory workers
Oliver Telling & Kenza Bryan | Financial Times | 11 September 2023
Nike urged to backpay garment workers ahead of annual meeting
Katherine Masters | Reuters | 11 September 2023
Nike Under Fire Over Wage Theft Claims Ahead of AGM
Sarah Kent | Business of Fashion | 11 September 2023
Investors, NGOs urge Nike to pay Cambodia, Thailand garment workers $2.2m
Isatou Ndure | Just Style | 12 September 2023
Investors call for Nike to pay $2.2M in owed wages to supply chain workers
Laurel Deppen | Supply Chain Dive | 12 September 2023
Investors ask Nike to pay workers’ wages
Apparel Resources | 12 September 2023
Nike in Hot Water with Investors Over Workers’ Rights
Emmy Hawker | ESG Investor | 13 September 2023
adidas and Nike under fire over ‘cycle of poverty’ in Cambodia
Chris Barrett | The Sydney Morning Herald | 21 September 2023
Sports brands underpaying Cambodian worker: research
Eduardo Jordan | The Wire | 21 September 2023
As global brands bounce back from COVID-19, Cambodian garment workers face spiralling debt
Erin Handley | ABC | 21 September 2023
Hugo Boss addresses union-busting claims
Simon Glover | Ecotextile | 29 September 2023
August 2023
Statement on the crisis faced by garment workers in Sri Lanka
Clean Clothes Campaign | 3 August 2023
Global shoe giant Nike slammed for promoting women's sport at World Cup while refusing to pay entitlements allegedly owed to Cambodian workers
Josh Alston | Daily Mail Australia | 11 August 2023
Workers at Adidas contractor complain over employment conditions
Yohana Belinda | The Jakarta Post | 19 August 2023
Beneath the Surface of Women’s World Cup Marketing
Sarah Kent, Daniel-Yaw Miller | Business of Fashion | 19 August 2023
Brands slammed for response to Turkey earthquake
Brett Matthews | Apparel Insider | 23 August 2023
July 2023
Cambodia garment workers seek justice as Nike and Ramatax group face criticism
Khmer Times | 26 July 2023
Nike Endorser Megan Rapinoe Urged to Share Her Power by Advocating for Garment Workers
EconoTimes | 25 July 2023
Nike, Ramatax group urged to compensate Cambodia garment workers
Shemona Safaya | Just Style | 25 July 2023
Nike urged to support supply chain workers
Simon Glover | Ecotextile | 21 July 2023
Nike should help Cambodian workers hurt in factory closure
Aruna Kashyap | Human Rights Watch | 20 July 2023
Leading rights groups call on Nike to push its supplier Ramatex to remediate supply chain abuses in Cambodia
Clean Clothes Campaign | 20 July 2023
June 2023
Es ist Zeit für die nächste verbindliche Vereinbarung in der Textilbranche
Ineke Zeldenrust | ESG Table | 7 June 2023
May 2023
Adidas Protest Crashes Sustainable Fashion Forum
Andrea Olmsted | Sourcing Journal | 1 May 2023
Activists call on adidas to protect workers
Simon Glover | Ecotextile | 11 May 2023
Independent Union Coalition Demands Adidas Consider Workers’ Benefits Following Closures
Sovann Sreypich | Cambojanews | 12 May 2023
Minister Plans Summoning Adidas Producer after Thousands of Workers Fired
Petir Garda Bhwana/Ririe Ranggasari (translator) | Tempo.co | 15 May 2023
Adidas told to share Yeezy sales with workers
Simon Glover | Ecotextile | 30 May 2023
Amid threats and exploitation, Ugandan union strives to organize garment sector
People’s Dispatch | 30 May 2023
Garment Unions Urge Adidas to Dedicate Some Yeezy Proceeds to ‘Harmed’ Workers
Jasmin Malik Chua | Sourcing Journal/Yahoo | 31 May 2023
Unions urge Adidas to compensate workers from Yeezy profits
Isatou Ndure | Just Style | 31 May 2023
April 2023
Thousands of Garment Workers Struggling to Survive Following Mass Factory Closures
Runn Sreydeth | Cambojanews | 3 April 2023
How Fashion Brands Can Safeguard Workers in Earthquake-Hit Turkey
Jasmin Malik Chua | Sourcing Journal/Yahoo | 3 April 2023
Adidas Took an ‘Ethical Stance’ Over Yeezy. Can It Do the Same for Workers?
Jasmin Malik Chua | Sourcing Journal/Yahoo | 4 April
S.Oliver pays sacked garment workers €100k
Simon Glover | Ecotextile | 19 April 2023
s.Oliver compensates Indonesia garment workers
Michelle Russel | Just Style | 20 April 2023
8 Years After Indonesian Supplier Shuttered, Workers Ask ‘Where is Uniqlo’?
Jasmin Malik Chua | Sourcing Journal | 25 April 2023
March 2023
Five-Figure Pay Day: Guatemalan Target Supplier Settles Worker Dispute
Jasmin Malik Chua | Sourcing Journal | 3 March 2023
After a year and a half, Orljava workers finally received their severance pay, they will receive HRK 20,000 each
Vedran Balen | Večernji list | 8 March 2023
United Students Against Sweatshops call on UMich administration to condemn alleged wage theft in Nike factory
Miles Anderson | The Michigan Daily | 13 March 2023
Opinion: Penn State must stand with workers and drop Nike
Sifat Amita, Keegan Conrad, Emily Hashem, et al. | Centre Daily Times | 23 March 2023
Adidas event shut down by protestors as factory wages become hot-button issue for the sneaker and garment industry
Matthew Kish | Business Insider | 23 March 2023
Union Group Calls on Brands to Support Garment Workers After Turkey Quake
Sarah Kent | Business of Fashion | 27 March 2023
Brands urged to protect workers in Turkey
Simon Glover | Ecotextile | 27 March 2023
Protestors ‘Shut Down’ Adidas Event
Jasmin Malik Chua | Sourcing Journal | 28 March 2023
Worker’s Rights Groups Hold Brands Accountable For Factory Safety
Anastasia Vartanian | Mission Mag | 29 March 2023
February 2023
Haiti garment workers share $1m payout after factory closure a year ago
Sarah Butler | Guardian | 5 February 2023
'Drop Nike' | Penn State Chapter of United Students Against Sweatshops calls on university to suspend Nike contract
Phoebe Cykosky | The Daily Collegian | 24 February 2023
January 2023
Guatemalan Target Supplier’s Laid-Off Workers Still Waiting for Severance
Jasmin Malik Chua | Sourcing Journal | 3 January 2023
Berlin fashion spoof causes chaos as Adidas denies involvement
Philipp Oltermann | The Guardian | 16 January 2023
Adidas targeted by fake press release stunt
Simon Glover | Ecotextile | 16 January 2023
News of 'revolutionary plan' Adidas AG turns out to be fake, no new co-CEO
Caitlyn Terra | Fashion United | 16 January 2023
Adidas Hit by Hoax, Says Company Did Not Appoint Co-CEO
Jean E. Palmieri | WWD | 16 January 2023
Adidas: PR-Gag der Yes Men gegen Sportartikelhersteller - »Für Adidas wären das Peanuts«
Nils Klawitter | DER SPIEGEL | 16 January 2023
Fabrikarbeiterin wird Co-CEO bei Adidas? Von wegen!
Rebecca Stringa | Stylebook | 16 January 2023
Clean Clothes says it was behind Adidas' hoax
Apparel Insider | 17 January 2023
No, Adidas has not named a trade unionist as co-CEO to lead ethics push
Tong Van | Inside Retail | 17 January 2023
Adidas debunks reports of Berlin Fashion Week, assignment of former union leader as new co-CEO
EconoTimes | 17 January 2023
Adidas Fashion Fiasco Leads to More Questions
Rosemary Feitelberg, Jean E. Palmieri | WWD | 16 January 2023
REALITY WEAR Adidas Fashion Fiasco Elaborate hoax upends Berlin Fashion Week
Purplehazemag | 17 January 2023
Protest against Adidas at Fashion Week: Activism has arrived in fashion
Grit Thönissen | Tagesspiegel | 17 January 2023
Berlin Fashion Week 2023: Aktivistengruppe prangert Adidas in Fake-Show an
Anna-Lena Junge | Grazia Magazin | 17 January 2023
Berlin Fashion Week: Aktionsbündnis kritisiert Adidas auf inszenierter Modenschau
ZEIT ONLINE | 17 January 2023
Sozialkritik getarnt als Modeshow: Aktivistengruppe verschaukelt Sportriesen Adidas
N-TV | 17 January 2023
Aktivisten stellen Adidas mit Fake-Modeshow bloss
Justin Arber | 20 Minuten | 17 January 2023
Adidas embarrassed after ‘utopian announcement’ – which named fake co-CEO and launched fashion line – spreads like wildfire
Eleanor Pringle | Fortune | 17 January 2023
Fake Adidas "RealityWear" line highlights labor abuses
Jennifer Sandlin | Boing Boing | 18 January 2023
Impossible Is Nothing: how activists are reimagining adidas
Katya Moorman, KL Dunn | No Kill Mag
December 2022
Who Made Your World Cup Jersey?
Elizabeth Paton | The New York Times | 1 December 2022
Labor Groups Pick Apart Shein’s $15 Million Factory Plan
Jasmin Malik Chua | Sourcing Journal | 6 December 2022
Workers From The Global South Are Paying The Price For Fifa World Cup
Labour Behind the Label | 14 December 2022
‘Step Up and Pay’: Factory Layoffs Pushing Workers Back to the Brink
Jasmin Malik Chua | Sourcing Journal | 16 December 2022
Adidas Shoe Supplier Refuses to Reinstate Fired Workers
Jasmin Malik Chua | Sourcing Journal | 22 December 2022
November 2022
Adidas Has a $300 Million Yeezy Question to Answer
Jasmin Malik Chua | Sourcing Journal | 11 November 2022
EXCLUSIVE: England’s £115 Qatar World Cup shirts made by Thai factory workers paid just £1 an hour
Nick Sommerland | Mirror | 18 November 2022
Adidas under fire over Myanmar suppliers sacking protesting workers
Martyn Ziegler | The Times | 25 November 2022
What Does the World Cup Have to Do With Garment Workers? Plenty.
Jasmin Malik Chua | Sourcing Journal | 30 November 2022
October 2022
Hanesbrands compensates Haiti garment workers following factory closure
Hannah Abdulla | Just Style | 6 October 2022
Global: Pay Your Workers campaign launches global week of action calling on adidas to sign binding agreement to ensure remediation for wage theft & respect for workers' rights
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre | 20 October 2022
Adidas subject of global action over supply chain workers’ rights
Michelle Russel | Just Style | 20 October 2022
Adidas Back in Wage-Theft Spotlight
Jasmin Malik Chua | Sourcing Journal | 21 October 2022
Campaign Pay Your Workers calls on Adidas to pay back wages along the supply chain
Taketonews | 24 October 2022
Adidas Says Antisemitic Diatribe Forced Ye Split
Jasmin Malik Chua | Sourcing Journal | 25 October 2022
Rebag, The RealReal and Other Resellers Will No Longer Accept Ye Products
Kaley Roshitsh | Yahoo | 26 October 2022
“Adidas ruba”, il flash mob a Roma contro il marchio: “Garantisca i diritti ai lavoratori”
Il Fatto Quotidiano | Olimpia Capitano | 28 October 2022
July 2022
Shameful behaviour of Olymp stored in the Museum of Broken Relationships
5 July 2022
Thai garment workers decry COVID arrests after rare labour win
Al Jazeera | Kiana Duncan | 13 July 2022
June 2022
Exclusive comment: Cambodia workers strike at Adidas shoe factory
Laura Husband | Just Style | 6 June 2022
Nike, Adidas Targeted by Labor Campaigns in Cambodia
Chuck Dobrosielski | Sourcing Journal | 7 June 2022
Can Sports Statement
1 June 2022
May 2022
Study confirms need for binding agreements on pay
Fi Forrest | JustStyle | 31 May 2022
Victoria’s Secret Pays $8.3M to Sacked Thai Workers in ‘Unprecedented’ Settlement
Gavin Butler | Vice | 29 May 2022
Sacked workers declare win after Victoria's Secret agrees to pay $8.3m
Bangkok Post | 29 May 2022
Victoria’s Secret pays sacked Thai workers $8.3m in ‘wage theft’ settlement
Agence France-Presse | 28 May 2022
Victoria's Secret agrees to finance $8.3 million settlement for laid-off Thai workers
Reuters | 27 May 2022
Thai garment workers win $8.3M in back pay after layoffs
Anne D'Innocenzio | Associated Press | 26 May 2022
Victoria's Secret financed 'historic' pay-out
Simon Glover | Ecotextile | 26 May 2022
Victoria’s Secret Intervenes in Thai Workers’ 13-Month Wage Struggle
Jasmin Malik Chua | Sourcing Journal | 25 May 2022
Victoria’s Secret pays US$8.3m to fired Thai workers
Brett Mathews | Apparel Insider | 25 May 2022
Adidas & Other Companies Accused of $109 Million Worth of Wage Theft in Cambodia
Shohny Ciment | Footwear News | 13 May 2022
March 2022
Victoria’s Secret accused of failing Thai garment workers
Apparel Insider | 17 March 2022
How Should We Think About What We Pay For Clothes?
Megan Doyle | Fashionista | 17 March 2022
Tayland’da işten atılan Victoria's Secret işçilerine Türkiye'den destek
Bianet | 15 March 2022
Karnataka Garment Workers Win Half the $59 Million They’re Owed
Jasmin Malik Chua | Sourcing Journal | 7 March 2022
February 2022
Zara, Nike, and Abercrombie’s Indian Factories Weren’t Fully Paying Workers
Emma Ockerman | Vice | 9 February 2022
H&M Speaks Out on Minimum-Wage Struggle
Jasmin Malik Chua | Sourcing Journal | 10 February 2022
Indian supplier to UK fashion brands agrees to pay £3m in unpaid wages
Annie Kelly | The Guardian | 11 February 2022
People Are Using Valentine's Day Cards to Support Lingerie Garment Workers
Alyssa Hardy | 14 February 2022
Garment Worker Pay at 45% Gap from Living Wage, Report Finds
Rachel Deeley | Business of Fashion | 21 February 2022
January 2022
Pakistan’s wage struggle shows the fragility of progress in the global garment industry
Ilana Winterstein | openDemocracy | 17 January 2022
They Sewed ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Scrubs. Fighting Wage Theft Was its Own Drama.
Jasmin Malik Chua | Sourcing Journal | 21 January 2022
December 2021
‘Worst fashion wage theft’: workers go hungry as Indian suppliers to top UK brands refuse to pay minimum wage
Annie Kelly | The Guardian | 16 December 2021
Sri Lanka: new union-employer agreement addresses key worker rights issues
Simone Preuss | Fashion United | 27 December 2021
Inside Sri Lanka’s ‘Historic’ Garment Worker-Rights Agreement
Jasmin Malik Chua | Sourcing Journal | 29 December 2021
November 2021
Stop that bleeding
Deborah Lucchetti | Open Corporation Blog | 9 November 2021
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Amazon Will Face Black Friday Strikes and Protests in 20 Countries
Lauren Kaori Gurley | Vice | 19 November 2021
Ook Kledingarbeiders Krijgen Black Friday-korting: Op Hun Loon
Sarah Vandoorne | One World Netherlands | 25 November 2021 (Dutch)
Protesters hit Amazon buildings on Black Friday
BBC | 26 November 2021
October 2021
Garment workers still waiting for VDA
Sharath S. Srivatsa | The Hindu | 25 October 2021
September 2021
New call to action for protecting garment workers in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka
Meera Navlakha | Vogue | 3 September 2021
Brands urged to ensure safety of Sri Lanka, Bangladesh garment workers
Just Style | 2 September 2021
August 2021
Cambodia garment workers ask global brands for pandemic aid
Shaun Turton | Nikkei Asia | 7 August 2021
Workers’ rights in the clothing industry and what consumers can do
Alex Crumbie | Ethical Consumer | 20 August 2021
50 Organisations Representing Sri Lankan and Bangladeshi Workers Call for Covid-19 Protections
Chantal Fernandez | Business of Fashion | 30 August 2021
July 2021
‘Wage theft’ in Primark, Nike and H&M supply chain – report
Sarah Johnson | The Guardian | 2 July 2021
Breaking Point: wage theft, violence and excessive workloads are pushing garment workers to breaking point during the pandemic
Clean Clothes Campaign | 2 July 2021
Report: Major buyers failed to ensure workers' wages amid pandemic
Dhaka Tribune | 3 July 2021
I panni sporchi della pandemia
Deborah Lucchetti | Comune Info | 5 July 2021 (Italian)
Cambodian garment workers lost about $109 million in wages during the pandemic lockdowns: report
Khy Sovuthy | Cambodian Journalists Alliance Association | 12 July 2021
Are your favourite fashion brands using forced labour?
Radmilla Suleymanova | Aljazeera | 14 July 2021
More hours, less money: Garment workers hit by COVID-19 rights rollback
Anuradha Nagara | Thomas Reuters Foundation News | 14 July 2021
Brands 'fail to address wage theft in Cambodia'
Simon Glover | Ecotextile News | 15 July 2021
Pandemic deprives Asia’s garment workers of almost $12bn in wages
Patricia Nilsson | Financial Times | 18 July 2021
Garment workers lost $11.85B in wages due to pandemic
Money Talks | 19 July 2021
Asian garment workers owed almost 12 billion dollars in wages amid pandemic “
Huw Hughes | Fashion United | 19 Jul 2021
La Campagna "Abiti Puliti": nel settore tessile si contano 11 miliardi di dollari di salari non pagati
Flavia Carlorecchio | La Repubblica | 19 July 2021 (Italian)
RMG factories owe $844m in wages to workers
Star Business Report | The Daily Star | 20 July 2021
Aktivisten werfen Modemarken Lohn-Diebstahl vor
Singapur Von Christoph Hein | Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung | 20 July 2021 (Dutch)
June 2021
Workers left wanting by brand-backed relief scheme
Brett Mathews | Apparel Insider | 10 June 2021
Brands At Risk of ‘Losing’ Asian Labor Force to Covid-19
Jasmin Malik Chua | Sourcing Journal | 7 June 2021
Plenary Speeches
Anton Marcus | International Labour Organization | 16 June 2021
Hanging by a thread
Robert Cribb, Kelly Bennett, and Emma Jarratt | Toronto Star | 20 June 2021
The Unequal Impacts of Covid-19 on Global Garment Supply Chains
Genevieve LeBaron, Penelope Kyritsis, Perla Polanco Leal, and Michael Marshall | Worker’s Rights Consortium | June 2021
Pandemic Has Increased Risk of Forced Labour in Garment Industry, Study Finds
Rachel Deeley | Business of Fashion | 21 June 2021
Brands Guilty of ‘Straight-Out Robbery’ as Covid-Hit Garment Workers Risk ‘Unbearable’ Debt: Report
Jasmin Malik Chua | Sourcing Journal | 23 June 2021
May 2021
Amazon workers are rising up around the world to say: enough
Valter Sanches, Christy Hoffman and Casper Gelderblom | The Guardian | 26 May 2021
Global rights groups for TRIPS waiver to protect RMG workers from Covid-19
New Age Business | 18 May 2021
Amazon, le lavoratrici: "Dateci quanto ci spetta", l'azienda si rifiuta nonostante i profitti record accumulati durante la pandemia
La Repubblica | 26 May 2021
April 2021
Garment Workers Were ‘Robbed’ Of Millions In Benefits. Which Brands Are Stepping In?
Elizabeth L. Cline | Forbes | 27 April 2021
Cancelling fashion orders: The legal rethink
Elizabeth L. Cline | Vogue Business | 26 April 2021
“We Have The Power Of The Purse”: Why It’s Our Duty To Keep Up The Good Things Happening In Fashion
Dana Thomas | Vogue | 23 April 2021
One Year On, Has The Pandemic Taught The Fashion Industry Sustainable Lessons?
Tamsin Blanchard | Vogue UK | 19 April 2021
“Pay Your Workers” $24 m the apparel industry owes
Kuala Lumpur Sunday Times | 18 April 2021
Hunger at the End of the Supply Chain
Penelope Kyritsis and Genevieve LeBaron | Dissent Magazine | Spring 2021
Garment workers’ “severance theft” exceeds US$500m
Hannah Abdulla | just-style | 12 April 2021
Half a Billion in Severance: Laid-Off Garment Workers Still Waiting on Wages
Jasmin Malik Chua | Sourcing Journal | 7 April 2021
COVID 19: one year on
Simon Glover | Ecotextile | 7 April 2021
Garment Workers Who Lost Jobs in Pandemic Still Wait for Severance Pay
Elizabeth Paton | The New York Times | 6 April 2021
Garment workers owed millions in pandemic severance pay, study finds
Naimul Karim | Reuters | 6 April 2021
Garment Workers Owed $39.8M in Severance for Factory Closures, Report Says
Kaley Roshitsh | Women’s Wear Daily | 6 April 2021
Garment workers 'denied legal severance pay'
Simon Glover | Ecotextile | 6 April 2021
Global garment makers unite to demand better terms from retailers
Victoria Waldersee, Ruma Paul | Reuters | 1 April 2021
March 2021
Wage theft and pandemic profits: The right to a living wage for garment workers
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre | 11 March 2021
The garment industry is ignoring the plight of its workers
Ilana Winterstein & Christie Miedema | Al Jazeera | 11 March 2021
As Brands Recover From Pandemic, Factory Workers Remain Unpaid
Kali Hays | Women’s Wear Daily | 12 March 2021
Press Release: Workers Suffer While Fashion Brands’ Profits Return
PayYourWorkers.org | 15 March 2021
Fashion brands urged to fix 'broken industry' with pledge on workers' pay
Naimul Karim | Reuters | 15 March 2021
Labour Rights Groups Call on Brands to #PayYourWorkers
Rachel Deeley | Business of Fashion | 15 March 2021
Campaign calls on brands to provide cash relief for struggling workers
Hannah Abdullah | just-style (just-style.com) | 17 March 2021
10 Cents Per T-Shirt: Cost of Lifting Garment Workers From Starvation to Survival?
Jasmin Malik Chua | Sourcing Journal | 17 March 2021
“We’re in a Very Grave Situation”: How the Pandemic Has Affected Garment Workers Around the World
Emily Chan | Vogue | 25 March 2021
February 2021
What recovery? Clothes retailers cut orders while factories fight to survive
Victoria Waldersee, Ruma Paul | Thomson Reuters Foundation | 8 February 2021
ILO’s Call to Action is failing garment workers
Brett Mathews | Apparel Insider | 19 February
Sweatpants sales are booming, but the workers who make them are earning even less
Jasmin Malik Chua | Vox | 22 February 2021
Who is responsible for the world’s garment workers?
Marc Bain | Quartz | 22 February 2021
Broken retail model pushes apparel suppliers to breaking point
Leonie Barrie | Apparel Industry Interview | just-style (just-style.com) | 22 February 2021
‘Unpaid, overworked’: Karnataka garment workers struggle amid pandemic
Shishir Rao | The News Minute | 26 February
Poor purchasing practices weigh on factory workers
Leonie Barrie | Apparel Industry News | just-style (just-style.com) | 26 February 2021
January 2021
Efter modebrands’ aflyste ordrer er sult blevet normalt blandt verdens tekstilarbejdere|
Nikolaj Hounmann Mortensen | Danwatch | 4 January 2021 (Danish)
"They left us starving": How the fashion industry abandoned its workers
Tansy Hoskins | openDemocracy | 19 January 2021
How Belgian fashion brands are also passing the financial burden of the corona crisis onto garment workers
Sarah Vandoorne | COSH! | n.d.
Garment manufacturers remain hardest hit by Covid
just-style (just-style.com) | 29 January 2021
December 2020
The Cambodian Garment Worker Imprisoned for Speaking Out
Kim Kelly | Dissent Magazine | 1 December 2020
Garment workers going hungry as fallout from cancelled orders takes toll – report
Annie Kelly | The Guardian | 3 December
‘Going hungry’; garment workers cut back on food as pandemic hits wages
Matt Blomberg | Thomson Reuters Foundation | 4 December 2020
Philip Green is the Scrooge who haunts millions of garment workers
Meg Lewis | The Guardian | 4 December 2020
Garment workers for Adidas, Nike and H&M among those going hungry due to coronavirus pandemic, survey finds
Max Welden | ABC NEWS | 5 December 2020
Big brand workers going hungry due to Covid-19 poverty
Radio New Zealand | 6 December 2020
Garment workers are starving
Marc Bain | Quartz | 7 December 2020
'I thought about killing my children': the desperate Bangladesh garment workers fighting for pay
Redwan Ahmed | The Guardian | 10 December 2020
At All Costs
Amna Chaudhry | Guernica | 14 December 2020
Bangladesh factories face smaller, less profitable orders this Christmas
Rachel Cernansky | Vogue Business | 17 December 2020
Will Cambodia's garment sector rebound after 'horror year'?
Matt Blomberg & Mech Dara | Thomson Reuters Foundation | 18 December 2020
Pay cuts and forced overtime: COVID-19 takes heavy toll on Ethiopia's garment workers
Emeline Wuilbercq | Thomson Reuters Foundation | 22 December 2020
OPINION: Brands are weathering the pandemic. Garment workers are not
Christie Miedema, Liana Foxvog & Scott Nova | Thomson Reuters Foundation | 28 December 2020
November 2020
Garment workers on front line of Sri Lanka coronavirus outbreak
Shihar Aneez | Thomson Reuters Foundation | 4 November 2020
OPINION: Big brands have mistreated their workers throughout the COVID-19 crisis
Meg Lewis | Labour Behind The Label | 13 November 2020
Struggles of apparel workers during the pandemic
Nasir Uz Zaman | New Age BD | 15 November 2020
CCC launches week of action to pressure brands
Simon Glover | Ecotextile | 16 November 2020
Primark, H&M and Nike are under pressure to ensure workers are paid after ‘cancelling orders during pandemic’
Katie Grant | iNews | 16 November 2020
Rue Neuve street art calls for fair pay for clothing workers
Alan Hope | The Brussels Times | 19 November
#PayYourWorkers: Schone Kleren Campagne roept merken op om niet uit de lucht te vallen en hun verantwoordelijkheid te nemen
MVO Vlaanderen | 19 November 2020 (Dutch)
October 2020
Wage Justice Must Be Part of the Sustainable Fashion Agenda
Anna | The Circle | 12 October 2020
Sustainability event focus of garment worker wage campaign
Michelle Russell | just-style | 12 October 2020
OPINION: Talk of sustainability is hollow until fashion brands pay their workers
Ilana Winterstein | Thomson Reuters Foundation | 16 October 2020
Workers Urge Brands to Pay their Full Wages
Perfect Sourcing | 16 October 2020
Garment workers hanging by a thread amid price-cut demands
The Strait Times | 17 October 2020
‘Vulnerable’ garment workers in Bangladesh bear the brunt of the coronavirus pandemic
Saheli Roy Choudhury | CNBC | 18 October 2020
Bangladesh garment workers pray for orders as pandemic shreds exports
Ruma Paul | Thomson Reuters Foundation | 20 October 2020
Pandemic seen rolling back conditions in Asia garment factories
Matt Blomberg | Thomson Reuters Foundation | 21 October 2020
‘I have to do this’: Myanmar garment workers forced into sex work by Covid
Lorcan Lovett & Nay Chi Nway | The Guardian | 22 October 2020
Clean Clothes Campaign launched the ‘Pay your Workers’ campaign
Textile Focus | 25 October 2020
‘I often thought about hurting myself’: factory workers suffer through shutdown
Pyae Sone Aung | Frontier | 30 October 2020
September 2020
Coronavirus fuels modern slavery threat for Asian garment workers
Naimul Karim | Thomson Reuters Foundation | 3 September 2020
Survey: 25% garment workers spent savings to survive during Covid-19 pandemic
Ibrahim Hossain Ovi | Dhaka Tribune | 7 September 2020
Pay Your Workers campaign calls on brands to ensure garment workers are paid wages & severance during COVID-19
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre | 28 September 2020
Pay Your Workers campaign targets H&M, Primark & Nike to ensure garment workers are paid wages & severance during COVID-19
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre | 28 September 2020
The Clean Clothes Campaign launches ‘Pay Your Workers’
Andrea Byrne | Fashion United | 28 September 2020
CCC challenges brands to commit to wage assurance scheme
Chris Remington | Ecotextile News | 28 September 2020
Labor Rights Groups Want H&M, Primark, Nike to Pay Garment Workers Full Wages
Jasmine Malik Chua | Sourcing Journal | 29 September 2020
The Clean Clothing Campaign launches ‘Pay Your Workers’
Apparel Resources | 29 September 2020
CCC urges apparel brands to ensure workers' payment
The Financial Express | 30 September 2020
August 2020
Covid led to ‘brutal crackdown’ on garment workers' rights, says report
Harriet Grant & Joshua Carroll | The Guardian | 7 August 2020
Garment workers seen losing up to $5.8 billion in wages during coronavirus
Emma Batha & Naimul Karim | Thomson Reuters Foundation | 10 August 2020
Garment workers underpaid by up to US$5.8bn during pandemic
Hannah Abdulla | just-style | 10 August 2020
RMG workers lose Tk 4,250cr in wages in Mar-May: report ( incl. BGMEA response)
Moinul Haque | New Age BD | 10 August 2020
Bangladeshi RMG workers get $500 million less in three months amid Covid-19: Report (incl. BGMEA response)
The Business Standard | 10 August 2020
Garment workers wages fell by 38% due to Covid
Charlie Hart | Supply Management | 10 August 2020
Coronavirus, -38% nei salari ai lavoratori tessili del sud-est asiatico (Italian)
Redattore Sociale | 10 August 2020
Asia, stipendi negati durante la pandemia: lavoratori dell'abbigliamento con il 38% in meno, In alcune regioni dell’India si supera il 50% (Italian)
Mondo Solidale | 10 August
Pandemia di Covid-19: stipendi negati a milioni di lavoratori e lavoratrici tessili (Italian)
Greenreport | 10 August 2020
La pandemia acuisce il dramma dei lavoratori sfruttati nelle fabbriche della moda low-cost (Italian)
Dominella Trunfio | greenMe | 10 August 2020
Garment workers hung out to dry
Khorn Savi | The Phnom Penh Post | 11 August 2020
Au Pakistan, un demi-salaire pour les travailleurs du vêtement (French)
Amandine Cloot | Le Soir | 11 August 2020
Garment Industry workers in Asia await $6 Billion in dues, says Clean Clothes Campaign
Nandika Chand | The Plunge Daily | 18 August 2020
Abiti puliti, stipendi negati in pandemia (Italian)
DailyGreen | 18 August 2020
Bangladesh clothing factory workers face layoffs as retail corporations cancel orders during pandemic
Michael Sainato | Shadowproof | 18 August 2020
Underpaid in the Pandemic: A Close Look at Garment Maker Wage Gaps During Covid-19
Audrey Stanton | Remake | 19 August 2020
Coronavirus, -38% nei salari ai lavoratori tessili del sud-est asiatico (Italian)
Redattore Sociale | 19 August 2020
OPINION: Garment workers cannot foot the bill for the pandemic
Khalid Mahmood | Thomson Reuters Foundation | 19 August 2020
The Children's Place cancels millions of dollars of garment orders from Ethiopia
Mei-Ling McNamara | The Guardian | 26 August 2020
July 2020
OP-ED: What of the RMG workers?
Arunima Dutta Tushi | Dhaka Tribune | 5 July 2020
'We are on our own': Bangladesh's pregnant garment workers face the sack
Malia Politzer | The Guardian | 9 July 2020
COVID-19 and the garment industry’s invisible hands
Katherine Hearst | openDemocracy | 20 July 2020
June 2020
For Bangladesh's Struggling Garment Workers, Hunger Is A Bigger Worry Than Pandemic
Lauren Frayer | NPR 24 | 5 June 2020
Anger at huge shareholder payout as US chain Kohl's cancels $150m in orders
Mei-Ling McNamara | The Guardian | 10 June 2020
Jailed for a Facebook post: garment workers' rights at risk during Covid-19
Annie Kelly & Harriet Grant | The Guardian | 16 June 2020
Laid off due to virus, Cambodian garment workers compete for factory shifts
Matt Blomberg & Mech Dara | Thomson Reuters Foundation | 18 June 2020
Surviving on a bag of rice: plight of Bangladeshi garment makers
Annie Kelly & Redwan Ahmed | The Guardian | 20 June 2020
Workers facing destitution as factory set to close within days unless Philip Green’s fashion empire pays for existing orders
Ben Chapman | The Independent | 24 June 2020
International Fashion Houses Are Leaving Millions of Asians Jobless. Now the Workers Are Protesting
Pallavi Pundir | VICE | 25 June 2020
Sudden closure of Karnataka garment factory stitching H&M clothes leaves workers stranded
Prajwal Bhat | The News Minute | 25 June 2020
May 2020
Hanging on by a thread
Rachel Roberts | Khmer Times | 2 May 2020
‘They just don’t care’: Millions of garment workers facing destitution as Britain’s high street billionaires fail to honour contracts
Ben Chapman | The Independent | 7 May 2020
Union Garment Workers Fear ‘an Opportunity to Get Rid of Us’
Elizabeth Paton | The New York Times | 8 May 2020
EXCLUSIVE: Central American Workers Demand $1.7B in Back Pay From U.S. Firms
Ivan Castano | Women’s Wear Daily | 14 May 2020
'All my dreams are shattered': coronavirus crushes Asia’s garment industry
Thu Thu Aung, Ruma Paul & Poppy McPherson | Thomson Reuters Foundation | 18 May 2020
The Global Impact of Delayed Payments and Factory Closures for Garment Makers
Julie Kuenneke | Remake | 29 May 2020
April 2020
More than a million garment workers are out of work because of coronavirus
Marc Bain | Quartz | 1 April 2020
Primark and Matalan among retailers allegedly cancelling £2.4bn orders in ‘catastrophic’ move for Bangladesh
Annie Kelly | The Guardian | 2 April 2020
Coronavirus at the Bottom of the Supply Chain
James North | The North | 23 April 2020
Coronavirus brings trouble to Cambodia's garment industry
Ate Hoekstra | Deutsche Welle | 29 April 2020
As fashion sales fall globally, big brands leave Asia's garment workers in limbo
Kieran Guilbert, Naimul Karim & Anuradha Nagaraj | Thomson Reuters Foundation | 30 April 2020
'Millions of garment workers face destitution as fashion brands cancel orders'
Phil Bloomer & Alysha Khambay | Reuters Events | 24 April 2020
Covid-19: Cambodian garment factories in serious financial woes
New Straits Times | 30 April 2020
March 2020
Garment workers face destitution as Covid-19 closes factories
Annie Kelly | The Guardian | 19 March 2020
Coronavirus threatens the livelihoods of garment workers around the world
Marc Bain | Quartz | 20 March 2020
Garment workers going unpaid as fashion labels cancel orders
Julhas Alam & Elaine Kurtenbach | The Associated Press | 27 March 2020