As H&M launch their latest 'conscious' collection, the Clean Clothes Campaign is hitting back with its own spoof campaign highlighting the plight of thousands of garment workers suffering from malnutrition who work in factories supplying H&M, amongst others.

Workers from the Kingsland factory in Cambodia have won an historic settlement after months of protest over unpaid wages.

Walmart & H&M suppliers have agreed to a settlement of US$205,000 for around 160 workers who were left with unpaid wages and no severance pay when factory owners shut the doors late last year.

Since mid January, around 10,000 workers from seven Cambodian factories have gone on strike, demanding higher wages and improved working conditions. The mass action heralds a turning point in the wage situation in cambodia as the industry prepares to increase its minimum wage.

Press release: 25.10.12

A documentary revealing the miserable conditions faced by Cambodian factory workers producing goods for the fashion retailer H&M was aired on Swedish national television last night. Campaigners and the media are calling on H&M to respond to allegations of poverty pay in the industry.

Escalating food, energy, and housing prices around the world have left many garment workers in dire poverty. Workers producing the fashion clothes that we buy in stores across Europe earn barely enough to cover the basic needs and those of their family. Whether they operate in Cambodia, Bangladesh, China, or the Philippines, brands use all kind of tricks to avoid paying their workers a living wage. We've debunked their top 10 excuses here.