Clean Clothes Campaign

Garment brands and manufacturers cannot stay silent on Myanmar atrocitieshttps://cleanclothes.org/news/2021/clean-clothes-campaign-condemns-silence-of-garment-brands-on-myanmar-atrocities2 years agoThe Clean Clothes Campaign Network condemns the silence of garment brands, including Aldi North, Lindex and Marks & Spencer, on the military in Myanmar committing atrocities since the military coup at the start of February. Brands such as H&M, Next, C&A, Primark and Benetton, who have suspended placing new orders, still have a clear responsibility towards workers to ensure wages and severance are being paid.

[PDF]UNFINISHED BUSINESS: Outstanding safety hazards at garment factories show that the Accord must be extended and expandedhttps://cleanclothes.org/file-repository/unfinished_business__april_2021_.pdf2 years agoIn our report from April 2021, the Accord witness signatories enumerate uncorrected safety hazards at factories producing for 12 leading brands covered by the Accord. The data show that every brand is sourcing from dozens of factories that have failed to install fire alarms, sprinkler systems, and/or adequate emergency exits. Therefore it is paramount that these brands sign a new legally binding agreement to safeguard the effectiveness of the Accord and ensure these hazards are remediated.[Download]

H&M, Nike and Primark use pandemic to squeeze factory workers in production countries even morehttps://cleanclothes.org/news/2021/hm-nike-and-primark-use-pandemic-to-squeeze-factory-workers-in-production-countries-even-more2 years agoIn a hard-hitting new research report, Clean Clothes Campaign finds that H&M, Nike and Primark have driven factory workers in their supply chains in Bangladesh, Cambodia and Indonesia into desperation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Interviews conducted with 49 garment workers in these countries demonstrate that the Coronavirus-induced crisis continues to have a devastating impact on the wages, working conditions, and labour rights of garment workers.

[PDF]Breaking Pointhttps://cleanclothes.org/file-repository/breakingpoint_report__layout-3.pdf2 years agoIn this report, published July 2021, Clean Clothes Campaign conducted interviews with 49 garment workers in the supply chains of H&M, Nike and Primark in Bangladesh, Cambodia and Indonesia. The interviews show that the Coronavirus-induced crisis continues to have a devastating impact on the wages, working conditions, and labour rights of garment workers.[Download]

H&M living wage https://cleanclothes.org/image-repository/pic-9-living-wage.jpg6 years ago[Download]

Activists disrupt the Copenhagen Fashion Summit to spotlight the deepening crisis of garment workershttps://cleanclothes.org/news/2020/activists-disrupt-the-copenhagen-fashion-summit-to-spotlight-the-deepening-crisis-of-garment-workers2 years ago- Sustainable fashion MUST be sustainable for garment workers. - H&M, Nike and Bestseller have no place supporting "Global Fashion Agenda" while the workers in their supply chains are starving. - Clean Clothes Campaign makes CFS+ (the online Copenhagen Fashion Summit event) its own magazine with the stories that CFS+ left out of its programme. - Global fashion brands need to commit to the wage assurance and #PayYourWorkers.

A wave of actions against poverty wages hits H&M’s largest markets and production locationshttps://cleanclothes.org/news/2018/11/27/a-wave-of-actions-against-poverty-wages-hits-hm-s-largest-markets-and-production-locations2 years agoThe ongoing #TurnAroundHM global week of action has shown the growing resentment over H&M’s broken living wage commitment. Workers, activists and consumers in some of H&M’s largest markets and in a number of production countries are holding H&M accountable for the broken commitment that 850,000 workers would start getting paid a living wage by this year.

Global week of action against poverty wages at H&Mhttps://cleanclothes.org/news/2018/11/23/workers-and-activists-start-a-global-week-of-action-against-poverty-wages-at-h-m2 years agoFrom Delhi to London, from Washington, DC to Zagreb, with many cities in between, workers and activists are drawing attention to H&M’s broken commitment that 850,000 garment workers would be paid a living wage by this year. Expressions of solidarity with garment workers and denouncements of poor and precarious working conditions have also been coming from other parts of the H&M's global supply chain.

Why we are staying away from H&M’s living wage summit in Cambodiahttps://cleanclothes.org/news/2018/12/10/why-we-are-staying-away-from-h-m2019s-living-wage-summit-in-cambodia2 years agoClean Clothes Campaign International office declined an invitation to the “Fair living wage summit” that H&M is organizing on 11 December in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. We want to make sure that our absence is not misrepresented at the summit or in other situations and are therefore sharing some background that led to that decision.

Not a single worker is making a living wage yet H&M claims to have done an amazing jobhttps://cleanclothes.org/news/2019/not-a-single-worker-is-making-a-living-wage-yet-hm-claims-to-have-done-an-amazing-job2 years agoIn the latest sustainability report and the accompanying public communication H&M continues to mislead the public about its progress in the area of living wage.

Activists faint outside H&M flagship storehttps://cleanclothes.org/image-repository/livingwage-living-wage-images-activists-faint-outside-h-m-flagship-store11 years agoIn October 2012 Swedish activists fainted outside H&M's flagship store in protest at the poverty wages Cambodian workers were receiving[Download]

Action in Copenhagen Sept 2012https://cleanclothes.org/image-repository/livingwage-living-wage-images-action-in-copenhagen-sept-201211 years agoActivists took to the streets of Copenhagen to draw attention to the poverty wages Cambodia workers are being paid[Download]

H&M action https://cleanclothes.org/image-repository/livingwage-living-wage-images-h-m-action11 years agoH&M spoof campaign Spring 2013[Download]

H&M logohttps://cleanclothes.org/image-repository/livingwage-living-wage-images-h-m-logo11 years ago[Download]

Price tag action Nijmegen https://cleanclothes.org/image-repository/livingwage-living-wage-images-price-tag-action-nijmegen11 years agoIn the Netherlands campaigners left the alternative price tags in H&M stores across the country[Download]

Mass fainting outside H&M's HQ in Stockholmhttps://cleanclothes.org/image-repository/livingwage-living-wage-images-mass-fainting-outside-h-ms-hq-in-stockholm11 years agoIn October 2012 activists in Sweden staged a mass fainting in protest at the poverty wages being paid to workers in Cambodia[Download]

[PDF]Invisible workers - Syrian refugees in Turkish garment factorieshttps://cleanclothes.org/file-repository/resources-national-cccs-invisible-workers-syrian-refugees-in-turkish-garment-factories2 years agoThousands of Syrian refugees work long hours in Turkey’s apparel factories in unhealthy conditions with salaries below the minimum wage. Despite Turkey being an important sourcing market for the Nordic brands H&M, KappAhl, Lindex, Gina Tricot and Varner (BikBok, Cubus, Carlings et al), the companies are not doing enough to prevent discrimination of Syrians in their supply chains, according to this report by Fair Action and Future in our hands published in January 2017.[Download]

[PDF]Asia Wage Reporthttps://cleanclothes.org/file-repository/resources-publications-asia-wage-report2 years agoThe Clean Clothes Campaign and the Asia Floor Wage Alliance believe that being paid less than a living wage is a violation of an individual’s human rights. This report looks at the low wages being paid across six of the major garment producing countries in Asia – Cambodia, China, Bangladesh, India, Malaysia and Sri Lanka. It also looks at the responsibilities of both state and global apparel brands and their suppliers in addressing poverty wages and the steps that must be taken immediately if the garment industry is to provide a decent life for those working within it. The report was published in 2014.[Download]

[PDF]Evaluation of H&M Compliance with Safety Action Plans for Strategic Suppliers in Bangladesh 2015https://cleanclothes.org/file-repository/resources-publications-hm-bangladesh-september-2015.pdf2 years agoAn Evaluation of H&M Compliance with Safety Action Plans for Strategic Suppliers in Bangladesh by the Clean Clothes Campaign International Labor Rights Forum, Maquila Solidarity Network and Worker Rights Consortium from September 2015. [Download]

[PDF]Ongoing Safety Delays at H&M Suppliers in Bangladeshhttps://cleanclothes.org/file-repository/resources-publications-ongoing-safety-delays-at-h-m-suppliers-in-bangladesh2 years agoThis memo from January 2016 is an update to the analysis of H&M key supplier factories' compliance with the Bangladesh Accord from September 2015.[Download]