Labour Behind The Label

Our Action Card this time deals with the crucial worker safety issues of factory fires and mass fainting.

Our newest leaflet, Swooning Over Fashion highlights the key issue of mass fainting from our new No More Excuses campaign...

Includes:-

Playfair 2012: New reports; pressure on International Olympic Committee; New research into Sandblasting; International updates; The Six Items Challenge.

A People's Tribunal into the state of poverty pay in the Cambodian garment industry took place this February, following months of mass faintings and worker strikes. The verdict announced an immediate need for action.

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.

One of LBL's series of occasional briefings, this covers the garment industry in Cambodia; a major exporter to the UK high street, and an industry which came under threat of competition when China and Vietnam join the World Trade Organisation in 2008.

Includes  -Even in the UK: Manchester Primark workers exploited, Prada: the real price of luxury, London 2012 releases sustainable sourcing policy, fashion students commited to creating more ethical industry.