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Labour Behind the Label supports garment workers' efforts worldwide to defend their rights. We educate consumers, lobby companies and government, raise awareness, and encourage international solidarity with workers. We coordinate the UK platform of the international Clean Clothes Campaign.
Let's Clean Up Fashion 2008
Britain’s fashion industry is split on paying garment factory workers more in developing countries, a survey of 27 of the top fashion brands reveals today.
Thailand: Freedom of Expression Denied to Triumph Union Leader
Labour Behind the Label and The Clean Clothes Campaign are calling on
Triumph International, one of the world’s largest brands of
intimate apparel, to reinstate former union president Jitra Kotshadej
at one of its factories in Thailand. Ms Kotshadej was dismissed after
appearing on national television wearing a campaign t-shirt that the
company claim 'brought them into disrepute'. Take action >>
Read more: Thailand: Freedom of Expression Denied to Triumph Union Leader
Sportswear industry shamed by new allegations on working conditions
Just four months before the Olympic baton is passed from Beijing to London, the Playfair2008 alliance (supported by the TUC and Labour behind the label) has released a damning, name-and-shame indictment of factory working conditions in the sports wear industry.
Read more: Sportswear industry shamed by new allegations on working conditions
