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Garment workers protest for pensions in Bangalore

Mumbai - Since Monday, about 15,000 garment workers - many of them women - from five garment units have been protesting on the outskirts of Bengaluru (formerly known as Bangalore), the capital of India's southern state of Karnataka. The workers staged the massive, at times violent demonstration to protest against changes in the Provident Fund...

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H&M makes rights pledge to 1.6 million textile workers

Swedish retail giant H&M on Tuesday signed an agreement promising better labour rights for 1.6 million garment workers at its suppliers' factories. The deal, reached with international union IndustriALL Global Union and Sweden's IF Metall union, covers workers employed in 1,900 factories in "countries such as Cambodia, Bangladesh, Myanmar and...

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H&M makes rights pledge to 1.6 million textile workers

Swedish retail giant H&M on Tuesday signed an agreement promising better labour rights for 1.6 million garment workers at its suppliers' factories. The deal, reached with international union IndustriALL Global Union and Sweden's IF Metall union, covers workers employed in 1,900 factories in "countries such as Cambodia, Bangladesh, Myanmar and...

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Bangladesh’s success in labour rights and safety still questioned by many

While the government of Bangladesh claims to be doing much to ensure labour rights and improved working conditions in its factories - enough to get its GSP status (Generalised Scheme of Preferences) renewed at least - the United States, the European Union and the International Labour Organization (ILO) are saying something different. Bangladesh...

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Inditex responds to labour-rights violations accusations

Mother company of Spanish retailer Zara, Inditex, has responded to the labour-right violations claims from recently published report from the Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations Somo and Repórter Brasil. “With no connection with the Somo’s report, some of the Brazilian suppliers of Inditex are currently facing a labour inspection...

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Zara fails to protect labourers from modern-day slavery practices

Despite Zara being one of best known and best selling fashion retailers in the Western hemisphere, the label has reportedly failed to protect its most vulnerable employees - the garment workers - from modern day slavery practises. According to the latest findings from Brazilian labour inspector, published by Repórter Brasil and the Centre for...

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