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California’s Fight Against Garment Worker Wage Theft is Headed Nationwide
Sourcing Journal via Yahoo News· 9 months agoCalifornia’s wage theft reckoning for fashion businesses could soon spread nationwide, but the...
Binding Agreements Bring Change. So Why Aren’t US Brands Signing Them?
Sourcing Journal via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThere’s a kinship among garment workers that transcends space—and time, for that matter. Nazma...
Bill Protecting 100,000 Garment Workers Moves Forward in Congress
Sourcing Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTwo months after its Senate introduction, a bill that promotes reshoring and fairer wages in the...
FABRIC Act is Reintroduced in Congress
Sourcing Journal via Yahoo News· 8 months agoA bill that seeks to improve conditions for 100,000 U.S. garment workers is getting another shot at becoming law. On Thursday, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand...
8 Years After Indonesian Supplier Shuttered, Workers Ask ‘Where is Uniqlo’?
Sourcing Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBetter late than never? That’s how thousands of garment workers who were stiffed millions of dollars...
Heat waves can be deadly. California workers, lawmakers push for federal labor protections
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSen. Alex Padilla and Rep. Judy Chu join union workers in Los Angeles on Tuesday to push for a law...
Why This Garment Worker Wage Theft Case is a First for California
Sourcing Journal via Yahoo News· 7 months agoCriminal charges aren’t the only thing to have been filed against two Los Angeles-based garment...
Fashion History Lesson: the Origins and Recent Strides of the U.S. Garment Labor Movement
Fashionista via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe fight for labor rights in apparel manufacturing dates back to slavery, and it's still going...
WWD Yearbook: Sustainable Fashion’s Big Wins in 2022
WWD via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIf 2021 saw gains on garment worker rights, materials invested, B Corps named and resellers made — then 2022 marked the year when leaders increasingly...
Boss Denies Factory ‘Hired Goons’ Who Beat Bangladeshi Union Leader to Death
Sourcing Journal via Yahoo News· 11 months agoSeveral hundred garment workers and labor campaigners took to the streets of Bangladesh’s capital in...