Europe’s responsibility in the textile industry: a push for stronger due diligence10 October, 2025A day of action in Brussels in September highlighted the urgent need for stronger EU due diligence and labour rights protections in the textile industry. Through debates, high-level meetings and a public demonstration, unions and allies called on Europe to deliver real sustainability for workers across global supply chains.
IndustriALL and IF Metall mark 10 years of landmark global framework agreement with H&M Group3 October, 2025H&M Group, IndustriALL Global Union and IF Metall are celebrating ten years of their flagship global framework agreement (GFA), a pioneering collaboration to strengthen workers’ rights and social dialogue across the company’s global supply chain.
Ten years of advancing workers’ rights under global framework agreement with H&M2 October, 2025Since 2015, the global framework agreement with H&M has provided a platform for joint work to safeguard the right to unionize and engage in collective bargaining – improving conditions for workers in the factories that form part of the company’s supply chain.
Tesla dispute becomes longest strike in modern Swedish history 18 September, 202527 October will mark the second anniversary of IF Metall’s strike against Tesla, making it the longest strike in Sweden in modern times. Following talks between IF Metall and Tesla’s Swedish management, with the involvement of the National Mediation Office, it is clear that the parties remain far apart in the ongoing dispute over collective agreements at Tesla’s facilities.
IndustriALL renews call for brands to leave Myanmar4 September, 2025IndustriALL is repeating its call on several brands including Bestseller, Next and Hunkemöller, to cease operations in Myanmar and immediately begin negotiations with IndustriALL on a responsible exit from a country under military rule where labour and human rights have been eradicated.
IndustriALL and ASOS renew global agreement to strengthen workers’ rights19 August, 2025IndustriALL Global Union and global fashion destination ASOS have renewed their global framework agreement (GFA), reinforcing their mutual commitment to workers’ rights, trade union access, and responsible supply chain practices.
Workers continue to fight after Next’s Sri Lanka factory closure 15 July, 2025In May, more than 1,400 workers were reportedly dismissed via a WhatsApp message when UK retailer Next closed its wholly owned factory in Sri Lanka without proper notice. Two months on, the affected workers and their union remain determined to challenge what they call an unlawful and irresponsible closure. Those who refused to sign resignation letters are now unemployed while their case is heard by the Department of Labour’s Employment Unit. Many face severe hardship during Sri Lanka’s economic crisis, with some skipping meals daily.
How Next abandons its workers 24 June, 2025Next is proving not to live up to its fundamental promises when it comes to workers’ rights. From refusing to sign a landmark agreement to improve wages in Cambodia, to abandoning Sri Lankan workers by text and continuing business in Myanmar despite documented risks of grave human rights abuses under the military junta, Next consistently puts profit over people. Even its UK retail staff are denied a living wage, dismissed as “not breadwinners” by the company’s CEO.
India: garment workers defy illegal closure 17 June, 2025On 9 June, Celebrity Fashions Limited (CFL), a garment manufacturing company in India, illegally shut down its factory in Avadi, Tamil Nadu, unlawfully terminating 560 workers overnight. After several rounds of negotiations, managements and workers have reached an agreement, but the struggle for closure compensation continues.
Digel workers in Türkiye fight union busting 17 June, 2025For more than 150 days, workers sacked from Digel, a German menswear company operating in the Aegean Free Zone in Gaziemir, Izmir, have picketed against union busting.
