Workers at a clothing factory near Phnom Penh are facing violence and opposition while going on strike, as they call for the reinstatement of 41 workers who have been illegally dismissed from their factory. While striking, the workers have faced police brutality and seven have been beaten by company affiliated thugs using a stick with nails in it. Police also detained five European activists from the Clean Clothes Campaign who were meeting workers outside the factory.

Workers at a Cambodian underwear factory supplying H&M and Walmart are keeping a 24-hour vigil outside their factory after managers shut up shop and fled. The workers are owed hundreds of thousands of dollars in unpaid wages and benefits.

Jeans brands including Levi's, Lee, Diesel and Zara have come under pressure from new research revealing Bangladeshi garment workers continue to be exposed to deadly lung diseases while producing faded jeans for European consumers.

A new report, Deadly Denim, released by Labour Behind the Label and the Clean Clothes Campaign, found that large factories exporting jeans overseas continue to use sandblasting.

The death of two more garment workers in Bangladesh has led to campaigners renewing calls for urgent action to address safety issues in the Bangaldesh garment industry.

Former Adidas supplier sacked Turkish workers fighting to improve their conditions, it is claimed

Article by Jerome Taylor published in The Independent on Tuesday 25th October - Read full article here

Workers at a Turkish factory supplying clothing material for the Olympics have spoken out about a campaign of intimidation and union-breaking which cast a shadow over organisers' promises that London 2012 will be the most ethical games yet.