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WRC Welcomes New Binding Worker Safety Agreement
The International Accord for Health and Safety in the Textile and Garment Industry will preserve, extend, and expand the model pioneered by the Bangladesh Accord for protecting worker safety.
Pandemic-Era Severance Theft at Garment Factories Exceeds Half a Billion Dollars
New WRC research estimates that total severance theft during Covid-19, across the supply chains of global brands and retailers, is already $500 to $850 million... and the pandemic isn’t over.
Garment Workers Face Mounting Forced Labor Risks
Unpaid earnings. Threats and abuse. Skyrocketing debt.
New research co-authored by SPERI and the WRC illustrates the enduring impact of brands' pandemic response. Read the full report here.
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NGO Signatories to Bangladesh Accord Welcome New Binding Worker Safety Agreement
Labor rights groups say “every brand that values workers’ lives” will sign the International Accord for Health and Safety in the Textile and Garment Industry Today, apparel brands and labor unions announced agreement on a new International Accord for Health and Safety in the Textile and Garment Industry, thereby preserving, extending, and expanding the model…
Bangladesh Accord expiration poses liability risk to apparel brands
An analysis of existing and upcoming human rights due diligence legislation in relation to the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh, published today, shows that apparel brands will expose themselves to considerable liability risks if they fail to negotiate and sign a follow up agreement to this ground-breaking safety program, which will expire…
Coalition to End Forced Labour in the Uyghur Region Warns Corporations Not to Trade their Human Rights Principles for Market Access
WORLDWIDE — As global fashion brands face commercial retaliation in China over their statements against the use of forced Uyghur labour, the advocates leading the campaign against forced labour in the Uyghur Region are calling on companies not to trade their human rights principles to hang onto commercial advantage.
Brands Should Consult Unions before Resuming Sourcing in Myanmar
Within the past two weeks, several apparel brands that put a pause on sourcing from Myanmar in response to February’s military coup in the country resumed their sourcing, drawn by cheap prices for apparel and a labor movement constrained by arbitrary arrests and violent suppression from the police and military. Despite the military’s unwillingness to…