Making the textile and garment industry in MENA and Africa safer19 September, 2024Participants from unions representing textile and garment workers in Africa and MENA joined experts from the ILO, OECD, International Accord, as well as online brand ASOS for a conference on occupational health and safety in the textile and garment industry.
Pushing for legally binding agreements9 September, 2024To advance garment and textile company support for binding agreements in their supply chains, IndustriALL is working to raise institutional investor awareness of the model and encourage investors to engage their companies to become signatories.
Union busting in Türkiye 3 September, 2024Workers at a factory near Istanbul in Türkiye that produce zips for major brands like Inditex, H&M, Lacoste and Adidas, are being denied their legal right to be represented by a union by factory management.
IndustriALL Global Union, IF Metall and H&M Group update global framework agreement26 August, 2024The world’s largest trade union federation, IndustriALL Global Union, representing 50 million workers, and H&M Group have together with the Swedish trade union IF Metall signed an updated global framework agreement, protecting the interests of more than one million garment workers.
Bangladesh: affiliates seek to hold dialogue with interim government26 August, 2024Considering the changed political situation in Bangladesh after the toppling of the discredited Sheikh Hasina’s government, IndustriALL affiliates in the country extends support to the interim government and laid out their demands and expectations from the advisor to the ministry of labour and employment as well as seek to hold dialogue with the interim government.
Bangladesh in crisis: IndustriALL calls for peace, democracy and justice7 August, 2024Student protests in Bangladesh, sparked by the government's reinstatement of a job quota system favouring descendants from the independence war in 1971, have had a severe impact on the country's manufacturing industries. The garment sector, in particular, has been hit hard, exacerbating the already fragile conditions for workers and significantly disrupting their livelihoods. The violent government response to the protests has resulted in over 450 deaths, highlighting the deadly nature of the unrest.
Garment workers in Bangladesh continue to suffer24 July, 2024Nine months have passed since the government of Bangladesh revised the minimum wage, yet the country’s working people continue to face hardships due to a high rate of inflation coupled with extremely low wages.
Central American workers face crisis amid Delta Apparel's operations suspension4 July, 2024Thousands of Central American workers are grappling with an uncertain future after Delta Apparel Inc. announced a sudden suspension of operations, citing financial difficulties. The announcement has sparked protests and highlighted the precarious situation workers face in the region's maquila sector.
Sino-Uganda Mbale Industrial Park must comply with labour laws21 June, 2024On 19 June, a tripartite meeting at Sino-Uganda Mbale Industrial Park strategized how to initiate social dialogue to make employers comply with national labour laws and decent working conditions.
On the path for a just transition for textile and garment workers20 June, 2024The textile and garment industry, an important sector employing more than 400 million people globally, faces significant changes due to climate change and the twin green and digital transitions. The challenges facing textile workers and what is needed to ensure a just transition amid these shifts was the topic of a webinar hosted by IndustriALL Global Union, the ITUC Just Transition Centre and IndustriAll Europe on 18 June.
