07 October 2009
Top fashion offenders named
Overseas garment workers supplying UK shops have long been earning below a living wage. But what have British retailers done to improve conditions? Next to nothing, according to a new report from War on Want and Labour Behind the Label. Let's Clean Up Fashion documents how top UK fashion brands have trapped overseas garment workers in poverty - and have no coherent plans to address the situation. Read more about the report in a feature piece in The Guardian.
You know the shops that have been named. We've all been to Asda, tried on a top at French Connection or browsed the aisles at River Island. They're part of an industry that amasses more than £36 billion annually. But we cannot let them continue to get away with paying workers less than $2 a day.
We have the email addresses of the CEOs of the 15 worst offenders. Take action with us by writing them now to demand immediate steps for a living wage.
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