2021
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April 16, 2021
Call for immediate release of arrested labour activist Myo Myo Aye in Myanmar
The Clean Clothes Campaign global network calls for the immediate release of labour activist Myo Myo Aye, who was arrested in Yangoon on 15 April 2021. The leader of the Solidarity of Trade Unions in Myanmar (STUM) was forcibly taken from her office by the army yesterday. Four cars drove up to her office and took her to a police station for interrogation where she was detained overnight.
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April 9, 2021
Garment brands and manufacturers cannot stay silent on Myanmar atrocities
The 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.
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April 8, 2021
Live-blog: How the Coronavirus affects garment workers in supply chains
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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April 6, 2021
Clean Clothes Campaign is taking another step in the continuous struggle to improve the working conditions and empower workers in the global garment and sportswear industries by introducing the Europe Floor Wage: a cross-border base living wage benchmark for Central, East and Southeast Europe.
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April 6, 2021
Second Cairo factory tragedy in a month shows need for international safety agreement
Last week, according to reports, at least 8 people died and 29 were injured when a ten story building housing a garment factory collapsed on them in the early morning. Clean Clothes Campaign offers condolences to the victims and their family and calls for an international binding agreement on factory safety that holds brands, retailers, and factory owners accountable.
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March 31, 2021
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 30, 2021
As global fashion brands face commercial retaliation in China over their statements against the use of forced Uyghur labour, the advocates leading the campaign against forced labour in the Uyghur Region are calling on companies not to trade their human rights principles to hang onto commercial advantage.
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March 24, 2021
Labour rights advocates today published a brief on the situation of the Sri Lankan garment industry during the pandemic, which reveals that apparel brands, retailers, and manufacturers have continued to take in huge profits while cutting costs at the expense of workers' health, employment security, and income. The organisations behind the brief are urging brands and employers in the Sri Lankan garment sector to start a national dialogue with unions to ensure workers’ rights, wages and health are safeguarded.
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March 12, 2021
Workers Suffer While Fashion Brands’ Profits Return
200 rights organisations demand brands fix their broken industry by putting the money on the table to ensure workers can feed their families and respecting labour rights. For only ten cents more per t-shirt, companies like Amazon, Nike, and Next can make sure workers survive the pandemic.
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March 11, 2021
Solidarity with arrested labour activists in Hong Kong
Statement of Solidarity with labour activists, Carol Ng and Winnie Yu, arrested in Hong Kong.
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March 4, 2021
Civil society calls on MEPs to support corporate accountability in key vote.
Next week, Members of European Parliament will vote on a report that paves the way for the EU to require companies to protect human rights and the environment in their global value chains by law. MEPs must back this report.
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March 1, 2021
Garment brands and manufacturers must condemn the military coup and support workers in Myanmar
Joint statement of solidarity with workers in Myanmar
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February 28, 2021
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 25, 2021
Over half a million people tell the EU to hold business accountable
Over half a million people around the globe have demanded a strong EU law to hold corporations accountable for their impact on human rights, including trade union and workers’ rights, and the environment.
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February 16, 2021
Last week, at least 28 garment workers died following heavy flooding in a sweatshop in Tangier, Morocco. Our thoughts are with these workers and their families. This tragedy shows the urgent need for better working conditions in the Moroccan garment industry, as well as an international binding agreement on factory safety that holds brands, retailers and factory owners accountable for creating safe and healthy workplace conditions.
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February 6, 2021
CCC network statement in response to Natchi Apparels case
Gender-based violence and harassment, including sexual harassment in the world of work, are among the most pervasive human rights violations. The recent report of the rape and murder of a 20-year-old Dalit garment worker at Natchi Apparels by her male supervisor, in Tamil Nadu exemplifies this fact.
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February 4, 2021
A message to the workers in Myanmar
Solidarity message from the CCC network to workers in Myanmar after this week's coup.
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February 3, 2021
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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January 20, 2021
Wage Forward: Break the poverty chain.
A broad coalition of unions, worker centres, NGOs and other advocates have come together to develop and advance a proposal for a legally binding and enforceable wage agreement in order to achieve Living Wages as standard in the Global Garment Industry.
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