Secret aid worker: Surely NGOs should embrace trade unions, not block them?
NGOs work to improve social justice abroad, but organisations reveal a double standard in their attitude to workers’ rights at home
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Press freedom groups call on Bangladesh minister to free journalist
Shafik Rehman has spent more than three months in custody without charge
Read moreDespite the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, there’s a lot you don’t know about that T-shirt
An ambitious effort by a global apparel industry group to measure the social and environmental impact of making clothes and shoes has yet to deliver on its promise
Read moreVulnerable and exploited: 7 things we learned about migrant labour in palm oil
Many leave dire situations to work in oil palm plantations hoping for a better future, but they are vulnerable to deception and poor working conditions
Read moreRana Plaza collapse: workplace dangers persist three years later, reports find
Researchers and activists say working conditions have hardly improved for garment workers since the Bangladesh factory collapse killed 1,138 people
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