Category: Garment workers

‘Virtually entire’ fashion industry complicit in Uighur forced labour, say rights groups

by The Guardian | Jul 23, 2020 | Asia Pacific, China, Fashion, Fashion industry, Forced labour, Garment workers, The Guardian, Uighurs, World News, Xinjiang | 0 |

Human rights coalition says cotton produced in camps in Xinjiang region finds its way into one in five cotton products worldwideMany of the world’s biggest fashion brands and retailers are complicit in the forced labour...

Leicester lockdown: Sharma to investigate unsafe factories claim and Covid-19 rates

by The Guardian | Jul 1, 2020 | Coronavirus outbreak, Garment workers, Health, Leicester, Poverty, Social exclusion, The Guardian | 0 |

Business secretary pledges to deal with any workplace safety breaches as HSE plans spot checks on textile firmsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAlok Sharma, the business secretary, has pledged to...