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Labour Behind the Label report says high street retailers in UK failing to ensure living wage for workers in Asia
[PDF] Let's Clean up Fashion 2009: The state of pay behind the UK high street
Author: Labour Behind the Label
...Since 2006, when ...first Clean Up Fashion Report was produced, the world has changed... In the last four years many of the biggest brands and retailers on the UK high street have publicly accepted that garment workers’ wages need to increase......
- Related stories: As London Fashion week ends, War on Want says UK retailers failing to ensure living wage for garment workers in their supply chains Labour Behind the Label report says high street retailers in UK failing to ensure living wage for workers in Asia
- Related companies: Alexon ASDA (part of Walmart) BHS Bonmarché (part of Sun Capital Partners) Burberry Clarks Debenhams Ethel Austin French Connection Gap House of Fraser John Lewis (part of John Lewis Partnership) Laura Ashley Levi Strauss Marks & Spencer Matalan Monsoon Accessorize New Look Next Peacocks (part of EWM Group) Primark (part of Associated British Foods) River Island (part of Lewis Trust) Sainsbury's Tesco Topshop (part of Arcadia)
Ugly low-pay truth of high street fashion
Author: Nicola Smith, Sunday Times [UK]
Factory workers in Sri Lanka are struggling to survive on basic wages… to produce clothes for leading British retailers... Even in the better factories supplying companies such as Marks & Spencer and Next, thousands of women work six days a week...
Better Jobs in Better Supply Chains
Author: Oxfam Hong Kong
Oxfam believes business plays a key role in poverty reduction by creating jobs that enable people to work their way out of poverty. There is a growing body of evidence that better labor standards also benefit business by boosting sales, staff...
- Related stories: Oxfam publishes new report: "Better Jobs in Better Supply Chains" - includes case studies on business initiatives
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- Related companies: adidas ASDA (part of Walmart) Danone Marks & Spencer McDonald's Next Walmart
Gap, Next and M&S in new sweatshop scandal [India]
Author: Gethin Chamberlain, Observer [UK]
Some of the biggest names on the British high street are at the centre of a major sweatshop scandal. An Observer investigation has found staff at their Indian suppliers working up to 16 hours a day. Marks & Spencer, Gap and Next have all launched...
- Related companies: Gap Marks & Spencer Next
Britain's high street chains are named by sweatshop probe
Author: Gethin Chamberlain, Observer [UK]
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. Marks & Spencer, Next, Monsoon, Debenhams, Dorothy Perkins and...
[PDF] Multi-Stakeholder Roundtable - Bangladeshi Migrant Workers in the Apparal Sector: Responsible Recruitment, Responsible Return
Author: Institute for Human Rights and Business
On 28‐29 June 2011, the Institute for Human Rights and Business…and the Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit, Dhaka University…convened a roundtable…to explore the responsibilities of companies and governments in raising standards of migrant...
[PDF] Migrant Labour in the Apparel Sector in Mauritius: Responsible Recruitment, Responsible Employment
Author: Institute for Human Rights and Business
The Institute for Human Rights and Business is hosting a series of Business and Migration roundtables for Collective Action between 2010-2012 for apparel companies, governments and civil society addressing issues of worker protection and human rights...
- Related companies: Arcadia Group Levi Strauss Next
[PDF] ‘Raising the Bar’ – next steps on the journey towards sustainability in the sports apparel industry
Author: Two Tomorrows
adidas commissioned Two Tomorrows to facilitate a workshop...The event focused on adidas’s supply chain management in the context of major sporting events (including, but not limited to the London Olympics 2012)...Key points [include]...four key...
- Related companies: adidas ASDA (part of Walmart) BMW Cisco Systems Marks & Spencer Next Walmart
Captured by Cotton : Exploited Dalit girls produce garments in India for European and US markets [India]
Author: SOMO (Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations) and ICN (India Committee of the Netherlands)
Big garment brands and retailers have their products made under exploitative and unhealthy conditions by girls in Tamil Nadu, South India. The girls, mostly younger than 18 and from a Dalit background are employed under the Sumangali Scheme. In its...
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- Related companies: Bestseller Cortefiel H&M Mothercare Next Primark (part of Associated British Foods) Tesco