Labour Behind The Label

Entis and his wife Heni both worked at the Kizone factory until it closed. Heni worked there for eleven years, and Entis for about the same. They have three children: an eighteen-year-old boy, a fourteen-year-old girl, and a five-year-old girl.

LBL's new Killer Jeans report reveals the shame of the denim industry and its potentially deadly dangers to workers' health.

Suwandi made Adidas for 6 years until he was sacked for his union activity. This is the story of one workers struggle for his rights.

Suparjo made Adidas shoes for 8 years before losing his job for his participation in a strike asking for better wages.  Here he tells his story about why he decided to take a stand.

{mosimage}Campaigners and labour rights activists are calling for international action to improve health and safety conditions in garment factories following a series of tragedies which has hit Bangladesh’s garment industry in the last week. Hundreds of garment workers have been reported dead or injured after fires broke out at two separate factories in Bangladesh’s port city of Chittagong and a third factory collapsed in the capital, Dhaka.