Global responsibility for apparel federation
NETHERLANDS – The International Apparel Federation (IAF) will launch an action plan on global responsibility in the textile sector, in a bid to improve worker conditions and improve industry performance, according to an announcement from IAF president Harry van Dalfsen. |
Adidas workers use SMS texts to improve conditions
HERZOGENAURACH – A supply chain communication project from Adidas, which allows garment workers to send a SMS text message if they believe their rights are being compromised, will be replicated in five additional factories this year, according to the Adidas Sustainability Progress Report 2012, released this week. |
Adidas announce PT Kizone payment
INDONESIA – Adidas has announced it will contribute additional aid payments to Indonesian garment workers who failed to receive severance payments after the “unethical closure” of the PT Kizone textile factory in April 2011. |
Uzbekistan child labour downgrade request
UZBEKISTAN – Clothing brands including Nike, H&M and Levi Strauss have signed a letter to the US Secretary of State John Kerry encouraging Uzbekistan to be downgraded in the latest Trafficking in Persons report, in a bid to urge the country to end alleged forced child labour. |
Bangladesh factory death toll rises
BANGLADESH – High street retailers Primark, Matalan and Bonmarche have confirmed they have sourced from garment factories inside the collapsed Rana Plaza building in Savar, Bangladesh, where over 200 textile workers have died, according to the latest figures from Bangladesh officials. |
Another disaster for Bangladesh garment sector
BANGLADESH – A multi-story building housing five garment factories which collapsed in Savar, Bangladesh, killing around 80 textile workers and trapping over 600, was allegedly a supplier for fashion retailers including Primark, Matalan, Mango and Benetton. |
Bangladesh must answer EU questions
BANGLADESH – The Bangladesh Ministry of Commerce must answer 19 questions on garment worker rights, factory fire safety, and trade union membership in the textile industry, in a bid to retain the Generalised System of Preference (GSP) benefits that currently allow duty-free imports from Bangladesh to the US. |
Walmart, Disney and Sears compensation failure
AMSTERDAM – Major brands including Walmart, Disney and Sears, who have yet to provide compensation for the victims of the Tazreen Fashions garment factory fire in Bangladesh, have faced new pressure from worker rights group the Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC) after failing to attend a meeting about a compensation plan. |
Fire safety violations increase in Cambodia
PHNOM PENH – Garment factories in Cambodia are increasingly failing to comply with fire safety regulations for workers, despite recent high profile factory fires in Bangladesh and Pakistan, according to a report from the International Labour Organisation initiative Better Factories Cambodia (BFC). |
Inditex Argentinean slave labour allegations
ARGENTINA – The world’s largest fashion retailer Inditex has said it is ‘surprised’ by slave labour accusations, after an Argentinean NGO collected evidence of alleged worker’s rights abuses, which was then handed to prosecuting authorities. |
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