Labour Behind The Label

Welcome to our dedicated Union page.  We'd like to use this space to thank our affiliates from across a wide spectrum of UK unions; inform you of upcoming events and collaborations and flag up relevant resources.

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.

Take action today to support over 300 Cambodian workers sacked for their participation in strikes for fair wages. The workers downed their tools in September last year to support trade unions in ongoing minimum-wage negotiations. They were dismissed from their factories as a consequence. 

LBL went on the road to Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival in July this summer and had a whale of a time!

Lots of keen activists took part in our first online photo action, creating slogan t-shirts promoting our message about Living Wages...

Labour- and human-rights organisations in Europe, the U.S., and Canada are condemning the arrest late Thursday night of leaders of the Bangladesh Center for Worker Solidarity (BCWS) and calling for their immediate release. Ms. Kalpona Akter and Mr. Babul Ahkter were arrested at 2:00 am in Dhaka by twenty armed police.

The National Garment Workers Federation of Bangladesh is urging the Bangladesh government to announce a minimum wage worth Tk 5,000 a month for the garment and textile sector by July 27 2010.

If you are an organisation such as a Trade Union body or an NGO and would like to show your support for Labour Behind the Label's campaign on behalf of garment workers then please consider becoming an affiliate.