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Labour Behind the Label @labourlabel.bsky.social · 1d

Every process of recycling: from sorting to shredding to spinning to dyeing to bleaching is done by humans. Every process exposes workers to harm. Every process involves workers NOT paid a LIVING WAGE.
We won't recycle our way out of the fashion climate crisis. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Fast-fashion recycling: how ‘the castoff capital of the world’ is making Indian factory workers sick

Reports of lung disease, skin conditions and even cancer are rising in Panipat, which recycles 1 million tonnes of textile waste a year

www.theguardian.com

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Labour Behind the Label @labourlabel.bsky.social · 1d

Amazon Big Deal days? No, thanks.

We'd rather see Amazon own up to its responsibilities across supply chains. Now that would be a big deal.

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#AmazonPrime #MakeAmazonPay

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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 2d

Garment workers demand justice - great message about #FastFashion (in fact the whole industry) from @labourlabel.bsky.social @greenparty.org.uk conference

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Labour Behind the Label @labourlabel.bsky.social · 5d

Brighton Marathon is sold out. But fear not. We've got spaces!
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 6d

The Times finds it "unacceptable" that people who came here legally in 2021 and have been living and working here since should allowed to stay.

The sad decline of a once great newspaper into ignorant xenophobia and casual racism

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There is a more pressing issue. Ministers must ensure that the vast numbers of immigrants who arrived in the so-called Boriswave of 2020-21 are not automatically absorbed into the permanent population. They are about to cross the the five-year threshold into ILR, yet Labour continues to dither. Ms Mahmood must freeze the status of this huge cohort while a new residency regime is finalised. A million or more extra permanent residents in these islands, let in on the nod, is simply unacceptable. Finally, the home secretary must acquaint herself, and the public, with an accurate estimate of the actual number of foreign nationals living here, what taxes they pay and what services they consume. Without hard data, all the political parties are fumbling around in the dark.

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Labour Behind the Label @labourlabel.bsky.social · 6d

Legislation is only part of the puzzle. Without access to justice and *enforceable* remediation, the cards are stacked against workers. Read these shocking cases of workers left without a penny, despite winning at tribunal against their former employers.

Emiliano Mellino @mellino.bsky.social · 6d

🚨 Our new investigation out today reveals how thousands of people who've taken their bosses to employment tribunals & won, never got paid, even after they approached the government for help.

This has serious implications for the Employment rights bill.
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...

Thousands of rogue bosses get away with not paying tribunal awards

The government scheme ‘enforcing’ money owed to workers has been unsuccessful in a staggering three-quarters of cases

www.thebureauinvestigates.com

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Labour Behind the Label @labourlabel.bsky.social · 8d

Almost a year ago we told you the story of Ana, a Guatemalan garment worker who was left without a job and her legally owed severance when her factory shut down. Now, the brands have finally paid in! www.just-style.com/news/lucky-b...

Lucky Brand adds to garment worker severance fund in Guatemala

Lucky Brand is giving $500,000 to workers from the now-closed Industrial Hana factory in Guatemala, a subcontractor for one of its suppliers.

www.just-style.com

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Labour Behind the Label @labourlabel.bsky.social · 9d

JOIN OUR TEAM!
We're looking for a community organiser and engagement lead.
Building genuine community and worker power in Leicester is what this job is all about - and we need the right person to lead it. Deadline: 19 Oct

Find out more: labourbehindthelabel.org/jobs

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Labour Behind the Label @labourlabel.bsky.social · 9d

The climate crisis is not "coming" for garment workers. It is here.
98% of surveyed garment workers in Bangladesh report noticeable change in workplace temperature.
#justtransition www.tbsnews.net/economy/rmg/...

Extreme heat, harassment deeply hit RMG workers, productivity: Survey

98% of workers say they find noticeable changes in workplace temperatures

www.tbsnews.net

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Labour Behind the Label @labourlabel.bsky.social · 13d

Obscene wealth at the top, a life of poverty for the rest.
We won't take it anymore!
For international Living Wage Day our call is simple:

📢 Tax the rich, not the poor.
💰 Living wage, that's the cure.

@cleanclothes.bsky.social

📸 Kim Ford @kimfordphotos

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Labour Behind the Label @labourlabel.bsky.social · 15d

Competition was meant to improve conditions, products and prices. Instead, we seem on course for all brands to ultimately end up as one and all sharing the same dodgy practices. The only solution is building worker power! finance.yahoo.com/news/shein-o...

Shein Opens Its Supply Network to Fashion Brands to Boost Growth

Other fashion brands can now tap on the fast-fashion retailer’s supply chain, which includes factories that can turn around new designs in 5-7 days, as long as they open a store on its online marketpl...

finance.yahoo.com

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War on Want @waronwant.bsky.social · 19d

👗The top 10 fast fashion brands raked in $13.9 billion in profit in 2024 - while paying the workers who make their clothes poverty wages.

We're at London Fashion Week today to say: tax extreme wealth. Pay living wages now.

#BillionairesOut #LivingWageNow

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Labour Behind the Label @labourlabel.bsky.social · 19d

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Labour Behind the Label @labourlabel.bsky.social · 19d

Sink the yachts, raise the wages! We're at London Fashion Week calling for an end to poverty wages. While workers starve, the top 10 fast fashion brands raked in $13.9 billion in profit in 2024. Tax extreme wealth. Pay living wages. Abolish billionaires.
#BillionairesOut #LivingWageNow

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Labour Behind the Label @labourlabel.bsky.social · 21d

Workers face acute risks such as dehydration, fainting, vomiting, skin rashes, heart palpitations and fatal heatstroke. They are also susceptible to long-term prospects like chronic kidney disease, cardiovascular disease, respiratory disorders etc. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Is the International Accord Climate-Proof?

Extreme heat, exacerbated by climate breakdown, is turning into a full-blown health and safety crisis. What is the fashion industry doing about it?

www.yahoo.com

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Labour Behind the Label @labourlabel.bsky.social · 21d

And of course this is the tip of the iceberg when we look at heat risk across the world, especially in major production countries for the garment industry. We are in a crisis but we know the solutions. What's missing is the will from the top!

Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 21d

Heat deaths. Let that sink in. This should be a wake-up call.

It's the job of govts across the world to keep their citizens safe. Instead, from continuing oil and gas drilling to dragging their feet on making our homes and workplaces safe from extreme weather, they're failing.

Screenshot of headline reading: Human-made global warming 'caused two in three heat deaths in Europe this summer'

Subheading: Researchers from Imperial College London say 16,500 deaths caused by hot weather brought on by greenhouse gases

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Labour Behind the Label @labourlabel.bsky.social · 21d

Globally, our movement is in peril: from global capital, anti-union legislation, poverty wages to economic warfare.
Yet this year, the National Garment Workers Federation in Bangladesh welcomed 8 newly registered unions!
Honoured to stand with powerful worker organisers ✊
@cleanclothes.bsky.social

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Labour Behind the Label @labourlabel.bsky.social · 22d

Debenhams faces shareholder revolt over executives' pay and bonuses. Meanwhile, it is kicking 1200 workers on the street, or around 3% of jobs in Burnley: www.burnleyexpress.net/business/bur...

‘This is not just jobs, it’s livelihoods’: Burnley Council leader demands government action as Boohoo confirms closure

Burnley’s council leader has written to the government calling for urgent intervention after Boohoo confirmed it will close its national distribution centre in the town, putting more than 1,200 jobs a...

www.burnleyexpress.net

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Labour Behind the Label @labourlabel.bsky.social · 22d

More trade union news from Sri Lanka. Workers with FTZ&GSEU protest against the cutting back of benefits due to Trump's tariffs: www.sundaytimes.lk/250914/news/...

Protest at Katunayake Free Trade Zone against reduction of employee rights

www.sundaytimes.lk

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Labour Behind the Label @labourlabel.bsky.social · 23d

The fight to stop NEXT union busting is international! The FTZ&GSEU union are taking theirs to our global labour movement family via LabourList. Support their demands today and share with TU members: www.labourstartcampaigns.net/show_campaig...

Sri Lanka: NEXT shuts down the country's only unionised garment factory - by WhatsApp

Please support this LabourStart urgent action campaign and spread the word.

www.labourstartcampaigns.net

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Jasmin Malik Chua @jasminchua.com · 27d

Extreme heat, exacerbated by climate breakdown, is turning into a full-blown health and safety crisis. What is the fashion industry doing about it?

Is the International Accord Climate-Proof?

Extreme heat, exacerbated by climate breakdown, is turning into a full-blown health and safety crisis. What is the fashion industry doing about it?

sourcingjournal.com

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Labour Behind the Label @labourlabel.bsky.social · 28d

We proudly stand with our trade union siblings in Cambodia and we say, this is not an ask but an urgent demand for the survival of workers: decent wages now!
www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Cambodia’s Garment Workers Seek Minimum Wage That Reflects ‘Undeniable Realities’

The call for a monthly floor salary of at least $232 isn't "merely a request," but rather an "urgent necessity," more than two dozen trade unions and civil society organizations said.

www.yahoo.com

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Labour Behind the Label @labourlabel.bsky.social · Sep 5

Does this industry need a complete revolution? Absolutely.
Will that come about by effectively putting a gun to the head of workers in global south countries? Not in the least

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

‘We’re scared of losing our jobs’: industries in India fear impact of Trump’s 50% tariffs

Textiles, footwear, jewellery, gems and seafood are sectors most affected in trade with US, India’s biggest market

www.theguardian.com

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Lilly ⭐️ @mothcub.bsky.social · Sep 4

Iconic moment at the Downton Abbey premiere

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Labour Behind the Label @labourlabel.bsky.social · Sep 3

Solidarity with the Debenhams (Boohoo) workers who may be about to lose their jobs. We've sadly seen this before. Across supply chains workers are underpaid, undervalued and treated as disposable by fashion brands.

Debenhams must urgently engage with @usdawunion.bsky.social and save these jobs.

UsdawUnion @usdawunion.bsky.social · Sep 1

We're calling on Debenhams (formerly Boohoo) to END its anti-union stance and engage with us over the proposed closure of its warehouse 🗣️

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