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Labour Behind the Label supports garment workers' efforts worldwide to defend their rights. We educate consumers, lobby companies and government, raise awareness, and encourage international solidarity with workers. We coordinate the UK platform of the international Clean Clothes Campaign.
Turkey: A union is a right not a luxury
Anyone considering buying a leather bag or pair of gloves from designer brands Prada, Mulberry, Louis Vuitton, Aspinals of London and Samsonite could be forgiven for assuming that paying such high prices might mean avoiding the exploitation and abuse for which high street fashion is renowned.
However, as Turkish workers at the DESA factory in Turkey could tell you, the reality is very different. Long hours, low wages and appalling conditions are the norm and for the last six months the factory has been running a campaign of harassment and intimidation against the union they formed to stand up for their rights.
Bangladesh workers speak out!
Bangladeshi garment workers are at the frontline of workers' struggles against exploitation and for environmental and social justice. This tour, organised by No Sweat and Labour Behind the Label, is a unique opportunity to hear from Bangladeshi textile workers and labour rights activists, organising workers producing for some of the biggest and most exploitative multinationals on the planet.
Events are organised in London, Leeds, Sheffield, Oxford and Bristol. See the lists of events below or contact the office for more info.
Speakers:
Shadia Sarkar, President, Bangladesh National Garment Workers Federation
Adiba Begum, Garment worker and union activist
Khorshed Alam, Labour rights activist and researcher. Director of the Alternative Movement for Resources and Freedom Society.
Let's Clean Up Fashion 2008
Britain’s fashion industry is split on paying garment factory workers more in developing countries, a survey of 27 of the top fashion brands reveals today.
