Bangladesh's Children Are Working 60 Hours a Week to Make Our "Fast Fashion"
It's time to face the awful truth: Those cheap clothes we can't get enough are probably the handiwork of impoverished...
Patagonia Debuts Short Film About Fair-Trade Fashion, Expands Program to Improve Workers' Lives
More than 40 million people work in the global garment industry, yet their stories rarely make the headlines. We'll...
L.A. Factories That Made Clothes For Forever 21, T.J. Maxx Paid Workers $4 an Hour
Los Angeles has a sweatshop problem, and bargain retailers like Forever 21, T.J. Maxx, and Ross are reaping the...
New Report Accuses Uniqlo of Hiding Human-Rights Abuses Behind Ethical Claims
A new report from a London-based anti-poverty group has cast doubt on Uniqlo's corporate-social-responsibility...
Garment Workers Use Cellphones to Report Labor Abuses
Photo by Álvaro Serrano/Unsplash Cellphones are good for more than sending emoji-riddled missives. With penetration...
New Initiative Seeks to Eliminate Forced Labor From Cotton Production
Think "forced labor" and the image of a bleary-eyed worker, hunched over a sewing machine in a crowded factory,...
9-Year-Old Child Worker Dies in Textile Mill in Bangladesh
Police in Bangladesh have arrested a textile-mill supervisor for allegedly torturing a 9-year-old worker to death...
Watch "Living Wage Now," a Documentary About the Struggles of Asian Garment Workers
You won't find any easy answers in Living Wage Now. Indeed it's the issues it poses that makes the 32-minute documentary...
Turkey Sweatshop Allegedly Using Syrian Children to Make ISIS Uniforms
At least one sweatshop in Turkey is hiring Syrian refugee children to make camouflage uniforms for military groups...
Gap, H&M's Supply Chains Promote "Precarious Work," Says Report
Another day, another searing indictment of the capitalist machine we call "fast fashion." Ahead of the International...
Fair Trade U.S.A. Wants to Keep the Fashion Industry Honest
As a vehicle for economic parity, "fair trade" is a designation that most people associate with coffee, chocolate,...
Fashion Revolution Ranks 40 Apparel Brands by Supply-Chain Transparency
When the eight-story Rana Plaza building fell apart at its seams on the morning of April 24, 2013, it took but...
The Craftivist Collective Wants to Change the World, One Stitch at a Time
For as long as she can remember, Sarah Corbett has been fighting for social justice. Growing up in an activist...
H&M, M&S Not Fulfilling "Living Wage" Promises, Says New Report
H&M and Marks & Spencer can ballyhoo their stances on ethical sourcing all they want, but not everyone is buying...
At This Bangladesh Sweatshop, Children Make Our Clothing for Little to No Pay
Claudio Montesano Casillas didn't know what he was in for when he signed up for a tour of Old Dhaka in Bangladesh....
10 Ways H&M Is Spinning the Facts on Worker Safety in Bangladesh
1. “[W]e are only producing in factories that meet the accord requirements for operation and we have taken the...
Nearly Half a Million Children Toil in India's Cottonseed Fields
A new report by the Stop Child Labour Coalition and the India Committee of the Netherlands has revealed that 60...
These "High Fashion" Ads Contain a Grim Message About Child Labor
HIDDEN MESSAGE On Facebook, the São Paulo agency says the project's intent isn't to criticize the fashion industry,...
"Fair Trade" Clothing Labels Expose Truth About Sweatshops
AWFUL TRUTH A yellow cabled sweater, for instance, outlines a day in the life of a Cambodian child laborer. The...
Alice Hoffman Hauntingly Describes 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
"The stairway from the ninth floor had ended with no exit to the roof. There was only a shaky fire escape, which...
Benetton—Finally!—Agrees to Contribute to Rana Plaza Victims' Fund
Benetton is finally putting its money where its mouth is. Nearly two years after thousands of garment workers lost...
INTERVIEW: Norway's "Sweatshop Fashionistas," In Their Own Words
Picture this: Three young fashion enthusiasts from Norway, two of them still in their teens, travel to Cambodia,...
Reality Show Sends Young Fashionistas to Work in Cambodian Sweatshop
A young blonde woman weeps openly on camera, her manicured fingers perched wanly against her cheekbones. "I can't...
Cotton Tops List of Industries Most Likely to Abuse Child Labor
Textiles from Cambodia, garments from Bangladesh, and cotton from India share at least one thing in common: they've...
Sales Halt on Feminist T-Shirt Following Sweatshop Claims
A campaign T-shirt worn by British political leaders and celebrities to promote feminism has been withdrawn from...
Are Cambodia's Sex Workers Being Forced Into the Garment Trade?
Is Cambodia's aggressive anti-trafficking campaign forcing sex workers into an even worse trade? A video exposé...
Two More Primark Shoppers Find "Cries for Help" in Their Clothes
Looks like the third time isn't the charm for British retailer Primark. After a Welsh woman discovered a "cry for...
European Clothing Brands Have "Long Way to Go" Before Living Wages Become a Reality
A "living wage" may be a human right, yet when it comes to facilitating lives of dignity for the workers who produce...
Eliza Bennett Embroiders Her Flesh as a Statement on "Women's Work"
Textile manipulation, embroidery, and ornamental decoration have long been seen as residing within the realm of...
American Apparel Stirs Up Controversy With "Made in Bangladesh" Ad
American Apparel's latest ad does what the controversial retailer does best: objectifying semi-naked women for...