Today in Labor History April 24, 2013: An eight-story garment factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, collapsed. The disaster killed 1,129 workers and injured 2,515. A day earlier, someone noticed cracks in the structure. However, factory officials, who had contracts with Benneton and other major U.S. labels, insisted the workers return to the job.

#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #WorkplaceDeaths #bangladesh #GarmentWorkers

Rise of the "nameless factory" in Myanmar.
“There are so many orders, and we are forced to meet high targets in a short time. We aren’t allowed to go to the toilet and have to eat our lunch in 10 minutes.”
https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/rise-in-unlicenced-garment-factories-fuels-labour-exploitation-in-post-coup-myanmar/

#fashion #GarmentIndustry #GarmentWorkers #Myanmar

#RanaPlaza10YearsOn

Some news! Today marks the launch of the Rana Plaza Solidarity Collective, a UK group that has been set up to mark the tenth anniversary of the Rana Plaza factory collapse.

We have a schedule of events taking place around the anniversary on the 24th April which can all be found here: https://ranaplaza-solidarity.org/

#RanaPlazaNeverAgain
#FashionActivism #FashionNews #GarmentWorkers #Fashion
#SignTheAccord #RanaPlaza #ProtectProgress

📣 Sri Lanka: the crisis and justice for garment workers.

Event on 22nd March in Leicester, UK https://www.tuc.org.uk/events/sri-lanka-crisis-and-justice-garment-workers

#Fashion #GarmentIndustry #GarmentWorkers

I celebrate #InternationalWomensDay with my whole heart. Damn straight.

Photo: #GarmentWorkers sew in a factory, c. 1940s. From the #InternationalLadiesGarmentWorkersUnion Photographs (1885-1985) collection. Courtesy Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University.

Tesco faces a landmark lawsuit in the UK from 130 former workers at VK Garment Factory in Thailand, who produced F&F clothes and report being trapped in effective forced labour, working 99-hour weeks for illegally low pay in appalling conditions. The claim, believed to be first of its kind, argues Tesco should have known the Mae Sot area was notorious for exploitation https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/dec/18/workers-in-thailand-who-made-ff-jeans-for-tesco-trapped-in-effective-forced-labour

#WorkersRights #BizHumanRights #ForcedLabour #GarmentWorkers

Tesco faces a landmark lawsuit in the UK from 130 former workers at VK Garment Factory in Thailand, who produced F&F clothes and report being trapped in effective forced labour, working 99-hour weeks for illegally low pay in appalling conditions. The claim, believed to be first of its kind, argues Tesco should have known the Mae Sot area was notorious for exploitation https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/dec/18/workers-in-thailand-who-made-ff-jeans-for-tesco-trapped-in-effective-forced-labour

#WorkersRights #BizHumanRights #ForcedLabour #GarmentWorkers