(Español) Eurodiputados piden obligar a la industria textil a respetar los derechos de los trabajadores
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(Español) Trabajadores de Inditex denuncian que viven una “situación límite” mientras la empresa se jacta de resultados “espectaculares”
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(Español) SEWING HOPE; SALARIO DIGNO EN LA INDUSTRIA TEXTIL
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(Español) Respuesta de Ernest Maragall a las alegaciones de INDITEX.
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(Español) Militantes del SAIn colaboran en un documental sobre Amancio Ortega.
Synopsis
“Zara: The Story of the World’s Richest Man” is the documentary that goes behind one of the biggest and most successful retail stores in the world!
What’s the secret of the success of Zara and how did the brand managed to bring Fashion to an affordable price?
Our journalists infiltrated the world of the retail store to bring you all the answers and scoops!
The documentary includes hidden cameras, interviews with Zara insiders and unique footage of Armancio Ortega, founder and self-made man behind the empire of the greatest prêt-à-porter industry.
What’s the secret of the success of Zara and how did the brand managed to bring Fashion to an affordable price?
Our journalists infiltrated the world of the retail store to bring you all the answers and scoops!
The documentary includes hidden cameras, interviews with Zara insiders and unique footage of Armancio Ortega, founder and self-made man behind the empire of the greatest prêt-à-porter industry.
Brazil: Slaves To Fashion
Bangladesh factories sack 1,500 workers after protests
Bangladesh garment manufacturers have sacked at least 1,500 workers, police said Tuesday, after protests over pay led to a week-long shutdown at dozens of factories supplying top Western brands. Continue reading “Bangladesh factories sack 1,500 workers after protests”
Dozens of Bangladesh factories close as workers strike
Dozens of garment factories in Bangladesh shut down Thursday as a workers’ strike escalated, in a move that could hit supplies to top Western retailers during the busy holiday season.
The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) closed 55 factories in a suburb on the outskirts of Dhaka, association president Siddikur Rahman said, after police arrested at least seven people who were leading the strike. “Those (factories) will remain closed until the government says it is safe to reopen them,” Rahman told AFP.
Workers went on strike nine days ago to protest the firing of 121 colleagues and soon added a pay hike to their list of demands. The protest escalated earlier this week when police fired rubber pellets, injuring 10 demonstrators according to labour leader Taslima Akhter. Continue reading “Dozens of Bangladesh factories close as workers strike”
Fabric of Slavery
Large-scale forced (child) labour in India’s spinning mills
New research by the India Committee of Netherlands (ICN) shows that various forms of modern slavery, including child slavery, are found in more than 90% of the spinning mills in South India. These spinning mills produce yarn for India, Bangladeshi and Chinese garment factories that produce for the Western market.
The report Fabric of Slavery exposes the scale on which young girls and women are enslaved by employers who withhold their wages or lock them up in company-controlled hostels. They work long hours, face sexual harassment and do not even earn the minimum wage. Gerard Oonk, director of ICN: “We have raised the issue for five years now, but even to us the scale of this problem came as a shock.”