Just 4% of what Australians spend on clothing goes to garment workers – Oxfam
Report adds to pressure on Australia’s big clothing retailers, including Kmart, Big W, and Target, to act faster on their ethical sourcing programs
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Textile firms paying UK workers £3 per hour, investigation finds
Channel 4’s Dispatches reveals River Island, New Look, Boohoo and Missguided used factories paying workers between £3 and £3.50 an hour
Read moreSports Direct’s staff are treated no better than Georgian-era factory workers
The kind of practices reported at Mike Ashley’s firm – from underpayment to harassment – can only happen when the political system is stacked against the workers. We need a new charter of workplace rights
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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