 We congratulate the brave workers from Hugger and Vision Tex and the CGT Union as well as WRC, Maquila Solidarity Net, United Students Against Sweatshops and anyone else who worked on this case. Nike pays $1.5 million to relief fund for laid-off workers |
 German Retailer Lidl Retracts False Claims of Fair Working Conditions
Complaint against Consumer Deception Successful. Consumer and worker rights organisations are celebrating a historic victory after the giant German retailer Lidl agreed to withdraw public claims that its goods were being produced under fair and decent working conditions. |
 Action for safe factories in Bangladesh on 5th anniversary of Spectrum disasterApril 11 marks the fifth anniversary of the collapse of the Spectrum/Shahriyar Sweater factory in Bangladesh, which killed 64 workers and injured 80, 54 of whom were seriously injured. The Spectrum collapse focused global attention on the chronic safety problems in the Bangladesh garment industry. |
 Finnish Organisations Launch Clean Clothes CampaignOn March 8, 2010, Puhtaat Vaatteet, Clean Clothes Campaign Finland, was launched at a seminar attended by representatives of Finnish clothing brands, journalists and interested consumers. A report on the policies of clothing companies in Finland, which was presented as well, demonstrates that there is much room for improvement in terms of CSR performance. |
