Jeans brands including Levi's, Lee, Diesel and Zara have come under pressure from new research revealing Bangladeshi garment workers continue to be exposed to deadly lung diseases while producing faded jeans for European consumers.

A new report, Deadly Denim, released by Labour Behind the Label and the Clean Clothes Campaign, found that large factories exporting jeans overseas continue to use sandblasting.

The death of two more garment workers in Bangladesh has led to campaigners renewing calls for urgent action to address safety issues in the Bangaldesh garment industry.

Former Adidas supplier sacked Turkish workers fighting to improve their conditions, it is claimed

Article by Jerome Taylor published in The Independent on Tuesday 25th October - Read full article here

Workers at a Turkish factory supplying clothing material for the Olympics have spoken out about a campaign of intimidation and union-breaking which cast a shadow over organisers' promises that London 2012 will be the most ethical games yet.

After months of intense struggle, unions and employers reach an agreement to increase wages in Cambodia. Unions and garment manufacturers in Cambodia have reached an agreement to increase wages significantly. The agreement follows months of unprecedented labour activism in Cambodia, where a rapidly growing garment industry has become the most important industrial sector and income-earner.

Tuesday March 8, 2011 marks 100 years of International Women's Day. It all began with the garment industry. In 1909, a strike of 30,000 garment workers in the United States, mainly migrant women, almost shut down the garment industry. It lasted for three months and won most of the workers’ demands for the right to organise and bargain collectively, and improved wages and working conditions.

In the garment industry where 75% of the workforce is female, gender is a huge consideration. Labour Behind the Label supports women workers in garment producing countries around the world who struggle on a day to day basis to uphold their rights as women and mothers in their fight for equality. Here are some of their stories.