I am dismayed to report that adidas, a company I have listed as one of the “good guys” under the Companies tab, appears to be in violation of a universally accepted policy concerning workers throughout their supply chain. Continue reading
Fire rages at Tazreen Fashion Ltd. garment factory
screenshot (c) Al Jazeera English
On Saturday, November 24th, 2012 there was yet another fire in a Bangladesh garment factory. This time 111 workers lost their lives and an additional 100 workers were injured when fire swept through the Tazreen Fashion Ltd. factory on the outskirts of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Continue reading
Now seems like a good time to revisit topics like slave labor, including child labor in the apparel industry.
To aid you with your holiday shopping this year, Free2Work has published Apparel Industry Trends: From Farm to Factory. Continue reading
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