News overview
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May 13, 2022
Levis and IKEA are still putting their factory workers' lives at risk nine years later
May 15th marks nine years since the signing of the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh. So far, the trailblazing, legally binding agreement has protected over two million garment workers by making sure 1,600 factories in Bangladesh meet safety requirements, but Levis and IKEA refuse to sign.
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May 10, 2022
More than 220 civil society and trade union organisations call on EU to end corporate abuse
On 23 February 2022, the European Commission released its proposal for a directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence. This directive could represent a landmark step forward in minimising the negative impacts of businesses on workers, communities and the environment worldwide. In response, over 220 NGOs and trade unions from around the world welcome the proposal as an essential and long-awaited step toward corporate accountability, but call for the proposal tobe strengthened to end corporate harm to human rights, the environment and climate.
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May 10, 2022
Clean Clothes Campaign weekly blog: the workers behind the industry
This blog aims to collect weekly information about the conditions of garment workers around the world; wage disputes, risks to their safety at work, discrimination, the impact of the cost of living, and how COVID-19 is influencing garment workers' rights in supply chains around the world. It will be updated as new information comes in from media and the Clean Clothes Campaign global network. Information is posted as it comes in from the network and cannot always be double-checked.
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April 21, 2022
Nine years since Rana Plaza, IKEA and Levi's are freeriding on efforts to make factories safe
Nine years ago, on 24 April 2013, the Rana Plaza building in Bangladesh collapsed, killing 1,138 people and exposing the incredibly unsafe labour conditions for factory workers in the garment sector. Today our thoughts are with all those that had to live through this terrible, preventable tragedy, as well as with the families of those who did not survive.
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April 19, 2022
Uniqlo and s.Oliver workers still owed $5.5 million in severance pay: workers release open letter on 7th anniversary of factory closure
Workers call on Uniqlo and s.Oliver to pay up on 7th anniversary of severance theft case
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April 19, 2022
Open letter from Jaba Garmindo workers on 7th anniversary of factory bankruptcy
Workers release an open letter to the Chairman of Uniqlo and the CEO of s.Oliver, calling on the brands to finally pay up the $5.5 million owed on the 7th anniversary of the Jaba Garmindo factory bankruptcy.
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April 14, 2022
Statement on the closure of two Sri Lankan factories amid severe financial crisis
Approximately 1,500 workers employed at two factories – Koggala I and II - owned by Esquel Sri Lanka are facing imminent closure of their workplaces with no assurance that they will be reemployed when the factories are sold to another company.
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April 11, 2022
Clean Clothes Podcast E2 - Women fight for safe workplaces
What does it take to make the workplace safe for women, free from sexual harassment and gender-based violence? What are some of the ways women have won improvements, and how did they build their power to do this? In episode 2 of the CCC Podcast workers and campaigners from the CCC network talk about the importance of women leaders in campaigning for women's rights.
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March 31, 2022
March 2022 COVID blog
This blog aims to collect daily information about how the new Coronavirus COVID-19 is influencing garment workers' rights in supply chains around the world. It will be updated as new information comes in from media and the Clean Clothes Campaign global network. Information is posted as it comes in from the network and cannot always be double-checked.
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March 11, 2022
Victoria’s secret exposed: 1,388 workers robbed of $8.5 million
One year since the closure of Clover Ltd's Brilliant Alliance factory in Thailand, campaigners around the world are calling on Victoria's Secret – whose lingerie the workers made for 15 years – to make sure they receive their full severance.
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March 8, 2022
On International Women's Day we call on Nike to #PayYourWorkers
On International Women's Day, Clean Clothes Campaign global network supports the workers of the Ramatex factory in Cambodia who lost their jobs and were left with nothing after years of making clothes for Nike. Sign the email petition and tell Nike to #PayYourWorkers.
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March 1, 2022
Statement of solidarity with the garment workers of Ukraine
Solidarity with the workers of Ukraine
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February 28, 2022
February 2022 COVID blog
This blog aims to collect daily information about how the new Coronavirus COVID-19 is influencing garment workers' rights in supply chains around the world. It will be updated as new information comes in from media and the Clean Clothes Campaign global network. Information is posted as it comes in from the network and cannot always be double-checked.
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February 24, 2022
European Union one step closer to corporate accountability but with a long way to go
Clean Clothes Campaign cautiously welcomes the long awaited rules on corporate sustainable due diligence proposed by the European Commission. Whereas the proposal falls short of our recommendations, the introduction of a binding obligation on companies to carry out human rights and environmental due diligence is a major step toward corporate accountability. We call upon the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union as co-legislators to ensure that the legislation ultimately brings yet stronger protections for the workers and other rights holders.
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February 22, 2022
Clean Clothes Campaign marks the OECD Forum with a call for brands to pay up and for regulators to intervene
At the start of the 2022 OECD Forum on Due Diligence in the Garment and Footwear Sector Clean Clothes Campaign welcomes the strong emphasis on purchasing practices in the official agenda. As a global network dedicated to improving working conditions and empowering workers in the global garment and sportswear industries, we have been vocal about the need to address this major cause of worker rights violations.
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February 7, 2022
Clean Clothes Podcast E1 - Organising workers in the time of COVID
In the first episode of Clean Clothes podcast we explore how organisations in different countries from across our network supported workers in the time of COVID. Duration: 33 minuites.
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