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...
13 People Killed in Fire at Illegal Garment Factory in India
At least 13 workers have died after a fire broke out at a suspected illegal garment factory on the outskirts of...
"Dozens" of Safety Violations Found at Bangladeshi Factory That Makes Donald J. Trump Shirts
The sweatshop that produces shirts for Donald Trump’s apparel brand has been cited for a laundry list of safety...
BBC Exposé Reveals Child Refugees Making Clothes for British High Street
Factories in Turkey are employing Syrian refugee children as young as 10 to make clothes for the British high street,...
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...
Levi's Worker Well-Being Program to Target More Than 300,000 People
Levi Strauss & Co. is marking the 25th anniversary of the publication of "Terms of Engagement," its industry-defining...
Ivanka Trump's Shoe Line Allegedly Made Under Sweatshop Conditions
The Trump family just might be the clearest example of the adage "do as I say, not as I do." After advocating for...
H&M, Labor Unions Solidify Workers' Rights Framework
After a Global Framework Agreement signed a year ago was deemed a success, H&M, IndustriAll Global Union, and the...
Garment Workers Use Cellphones to Report Labor Abuses
Photo by Ălvaro Serrano/Unsplash Cellphones are good for more than sending emoji-riddled missives. With penetration...
Is the World Bank Guilty of Supporting Forced Cotton Labor in Uzbekistan?
Photo by the Uzbek-German Forum for Human Rights Is the World Bank an enabler? A leading human-rights group...
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,...
Those Pricey "Made in Italy" Shoes Could Have Come From a Sweatshop
Think that "made in Europe" corresponds with fair labor? You couldn't be more mistaken. Slapdash working conditions...
New Book Accuses Cambodian H&M Factory of Hiring 14-Year-Old Workers
H&M worked with factories in Myanmar where children as young as 14 stitched clothes for more than 12 hours a day,...
India's Children Are Dying for Your Sparkly Eye Shadow
India has a "blood mica" problem. Deep within the South Asian nation's off-the-books "ghost" mines, children as...
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...
Continental Clothing's "Fair Share" Line Aims to Deliver a Living Wage
A living wage is a human right, and Continental Clothing, for one, wants its workers to get their deserved share....
Beyoncé's "Ivy Park" Sportswear Allegedly Made in Sweatshop
Bad news for the Beyhive: Britain's The Sun reports that the Sri Lankan seamstresses who make Beyoncé's new line...
A Bangladeshi Sweatshop Emerges in the Heart of Amsterdam
At first blush, "The Mad Rush" doesn't appear unlike many of the trendy concept stores that litter the busy shopping...
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 Fashion Revolution Will Be Hashtagged on Social Media
MY REVOLUTION Carry Somers, who co-founded Fashion Revolution with fellow designer Orsola de Castro, thinks it's...
VIDEO: Five Children From Berlin Ask Fashion Companies for a Job
The same folks who brought us the €2 T-shirt vending machine are back with a new hidden-camera project that exposes...
Actor Bill Nighy: Fashion Industry Needs to Treat Workers As Human Beings
"Take a look at how the fashion industry works. ... It is a global industry that has pioneered driving down costs,...
Dutch Government Seeks to Improve Garment Industry Conditions
The Dutch government, along with a coalition of trade unions, non-governmental organizations, and industry groups,...
Meet the Invisible Women Who Stitch Your Shoes
The phrase "sweatshop labor" conjures up images of factory settings in faraway lands with row upon row of machines...