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Asos partners with GoodWeave to address labour rights in supply chain

Online retailer Asos has announced it is partnering with GoodWeave International, a non-profit organisation working to end child, forced and bonded labour in global supply chains, to address label risks in fashion apparel and accessories suppliers in India. The collaboration will mean that Asos will utilise GoodWeave’s assessments in its supply...

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Garment workers protest for pensions in Bangalore

Mumbai - Since Monday, about 15,000 garment workers - many of them women - from five garment units have been protesting on the outskirts of Bengaluru (formerly known as Bangalore), the capital of India's southern state of Karnataka. The workers staged the massive, at times violent demonstration to protest against changes in the Provident Fund...

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H&M makes rights pledge to 1.6 million textile workers

Swedish retail giant H&M on Tuesday signed an agreement promising better labour rights for 1.6 million garment workers at its suppliers' factories. The deal, reached with international union IndustriALL Global Union and Sweden's IF Metall union, covers workers employed in 1,900 factories in "countries such as Cambodia, Bangladesh, Myanmar and...

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Bangladesh’s success in labour rights and safety still questioned by many

While the government of Bangladesh claims to be doing much to ensure labour rights and improved working conditions in its factories - enough to get its GSP status (Generalised Scheme of Preferences) renewed at least - the United States, the European Union and the International Labour Organization (ILO) are saying something different. Bangladesh...