Celebrating Labour Day & honouring the collectives of workers who have & continue to push for and defend our rights today & everyday.
Grateful that our @made_them community has raised thousands of dollars we get to distribute today to worker collectives. We owe workers so much🙏🏽
#10centsmore. That's how much brands would need to pay per garment to create a financial safety net for garment workers impacted by the pandemic. Who can afford that? Let's start with the top 20 brands who grew their market cap 11% during Covid. ecotextile.com/2021010427186…
$1.9 trillion in tax cuts for the rich: "good for the economy"
$750 billion a year for defense: "for people's safety"
$3 trillion to prop up the stock market: "can't let companies go bankrupt"
People struggling through brutal economy, death and bankruptcy: "here's $600"
These 20 People Shaped Fashion in 2020
@abarenblat (Surprise!)
"Because although not alone in this work, she helped amplify the voices of labor organizers and garment workers when losses fell most severely on their shoulders."
@Remakeourworldwwd.com/fashion-news/fashion… / @wwd
11. Ask ASDA once again why they refused to pay their garment workers wages during a pandemic, despite remaining open throughout lockdown and reaping profits. #PayUp
Seriously inspired by the latest episode of @made_them I’ve listened to it twice now and I encourage everyone to listen if you are interested in the lives of garment workers.
Have you signed @remakeourworld's #PayUp Fashion petition, calling on major brands to mandate transparency, worker safety, decent pay and better laws into their practices.
Add your name & stand up for the people who make our clothes: payupfashion.com#whomademyclothes
Check out this interview of me and my sisters Tin Tin Wei, Thuzar Kyi, and @elizabethlcline on the fight for justice in garment factories.
Certainly the 1st time we’ve been asked what we’re wearing in an interview; I apologize to the fashion world for having 0 fashion sense 🤣
It has been such a delight to see people take the Ethical Consumer story & run with it. Txs to @venetialamanna for the chance to chat @ the importance of social change in the public sphere on @made_them podcast along w/ @AndrewTSaks & union leaders in Myanmar's garment industry.
Victory!!
After 2days protest, Rauf textile workers received their 1 month salary yesterday night. They'll receive another pending salary by 12 to 15 Dec. It was also agreed with d employer that in future workers would receive their wages by the 20th of each month.@ntufpakistan
No worker deserves to go hungry, especially during a pandemic, yet many are due to the actions of brands and factories in the wake of Covid-19. Read the latest report from @4WorkersRights to understand the growing hunger crisis among garment workers: workersrights.org/hungerinco…
We need brands like @Nike@Primark and @hm to make sure the workers in their supply chain are receiving their wages in full during the pandemic. Brands need to commit to the wage assurance and #PayYourWorkers! Take action: cleanclothes.org/payyourwork…