Pierre Cardin : Not So Chic Underneath

In August 2008, workers at a small Indonesian factory that has been producing underwear for Pierre Cardin for over a decade, reported serious violations of their rights by the factory management. When they protested against the unfair dismissal of their union leader, 413 of them were sacked.  Since then, they have been asking for their [...]

Trade Justice – Take action with War On Want

Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) can stop Europe’s devastating trade deals, which threaten to increase poverty across the world. With the European elections just one month away, now is the time to put pressure on your future MEP to act. War on Want is campaigning for MEP candidates to pledge to speak out against [...]

Want to support exploited workers in China?

War on want is running a fundraising campaign to support exploited migrant workers in China by providing them with education about their rights.  China spent $42 billion on the Olympics. But what about the workers behind the scenes? The reality is grim for millions of Chinese workers, who toil for next to nothing in appalling [...]

School Uniform – take action

School’s back, but the issue of garment sweatshops never went away. School uniforms from Tesco, ASDA and Marks & Spencer sell for as little as £3.50, but at what cost to those who make them? War on Want is urging supporters to help those in the developing world who make our kids’ clothes by taking action [...]

Play Fair Campaign

www.labourbehindthelabel.org/campaigns/playfair/nomedal The link above takes you to an interesting article about merchandise that has been produced for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, it seems that gross abuse of workers has taken place. www.playfair2012.org Of course now is the time to influence our MPs about merchandise being produced for the 2012 Olympics in London.  I wrote to [...]

War on Want – Latest News

On the War on Want website they have an interesting article with Suhasani Singh who works for an Indian NGO called Cividep.  Cividep provide War on Want with information about the pay and conditions of workers producing clothes for UK retailers in Bangalore, India. Suhasina has also met with the Tesco CEO, Sir Terry Leahy, [...]

Primark on Panorama

Did you see the BBC Panorama’s programme about Primark yesterday?  It is still available on BBC iPlayer if you didn’t.  It was worth watching at it showed convincing evidence of the conditions that workers in India endure in order to have an income.  £1 in every £10 spent on clothes in the UK is spent in [...]

Primark on the BBC

Primark are being investigated by the BBC programme Panorama and are trying to make themselves look better in advance of it being aired.  You can read all about it on the Labour behind the Label website and there is an e-mail you can send to Primark from the website as well to protest. www.labourbehindthelabel.org/do/action/primark/74-action/248-primark The programme [...]