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Over the past months, La Strada International has been supporting the PayYourWorkers / RespectLabourRights campaign. This campaign has been launched and organized by the NGO Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC).

Many companies choose to sew their clothes in Bulgaria, where the production is both cheap and "Made in Europe". Deutsche Welle reports on a deta

Many companies choose to sew their clothes in Bulgaria, where the production is both cheap and "Made in Europe". Deutsche Welle reports on a deta

A Birmingham elementary school is heading into its second year in Whirlpool's Care Counts laundry program, which works to provide access to clean clothes by installing washers and dryers at schools in need.

Bangladeshi textile workers fear for their safety following the expiry of a successful accord brought in after the 2013 Rana Plaza disaster. Global unions say firms could revert to an old model of self-monitoring.

Bangladeshi textile workers fear for their safety following the expiry of a successful accord brought in after the 2013 Rana Plaza disaster. Global unions say firms could revert to an old model of self-monitoring.

Unions and labour rights groups want brands and retailers to sign a new legally binding safety agreement More calls have come urging global fashion brands and retailers to commit to a new binding safety agreement to continue the work of the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh. The groundbreaking legally-binding agreement came into force on 15 May 2013 – and expires on 31 May, two weeks from now. Over the course of eight years, the programme has made 1,600 factories safer for over...

The 2013 Dhaka garment factory collapse, killing more than 1,100 workers and injuring 2,600 more, is the clothing industry’s worst ever industrial incident. It is not just the body count, though, that made the collapse of the Rana Plaza, a nine-story building in the Bangladeshi industrial city of Savar (near Dhaka), capture global attention (briefly) and spur activism around the world to improve the treatment of garment workers. This had been an accident waiting to happen. Structural cracks ...

The Accord has made “phenomenal change” on the ground, inspecting over 1,600 factories, says the BGIWF In the aftermath of the Bangladesh Rana Plaza tragedy in 2013, two initiatives were set up to oversee the countrys clothing factories for fire, electrical and structural issues – the Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety and the Bangladesh Accord on Fire and Building Safety. The Alliances tenure comes to an end next month, and there are serious concerns for garment workers if ano...

Remember Bangladesh garment factory collapse? Compliance is still a charade 8 yrs later The Rana Plaza collapse, which killed more than 1,100 garment workers, briefly shone a spotlight on the underbelly of the global fashion business. Text Size: A+ The 2013 Dhaka garment factory collapse, killing more than 1,100 workers and injuring 2,600 more, is the clothing industry’s worst ever industrial incident. It is not just the body count, though, that made the collapse of the Rana Plaza, a nin...