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Let's Clean Up Fashion: 2007 update

Let's Clean Up Fashion: 2007 update

The state of pay behind the UK high street. For over a decade, consumers, workers and campaigners have been calling on fashion brands to make sure the workers who produce the clothes they sell are paid a living wage. For two years in a row, Labour Behind the Label has interrogated the biggest players in the fashion industry, to see what progress has been made. Based on evidence from partners in-country, written submissions from 23 companies, and meetings with 11 companies, it is the most comprehensive study of the case for and progress towards a living wage for the labour behind the labels.

 


Foreword

Last year, Labour Behind the Label and our partners interrogated the biggest fashion brands and retailers on the high street to find out what they were doing to improve wages for the workers in their supply chains.  For the most part, the responses we got back were a combination of procrastination, stalling, and fairly transparent excuses. Only a few companies admitted that there was a problem, and even fewer that they had a responsibility to fix it.

We have returned to each of the companies profiled, one year later, giving them the chance to update us on the progress they had made.  A number requested face-to-face meetings, so in July and August we met with 11 high street companies to talk over the written submissions they had sent us.  As you can see in this update, very little has changed for workers over the past twelve months, although there are signs that some in the industry may now be starting to at least consider taking more significant action.

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