Good Society
International corporations come out in defence of human rights campaigners
Multimillion pound brands including Primark and Adidas are backing the move. Ana Zbona writes
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International corporations come out in defence of human rights campaigners
Multimillion pound brands including Primark and Adidas are backing the move. Ana Zbona writes
The government ‘named and shamed’ 260 exploitative employers today. But what about public sector workers?
The government's investigation into employers paying less than minimum wage failed to look at the unpaid work done by an estimated 2 million public servants.
Bangladesh garment worker tragedy is ‘mass industrial slaughter’
Since 2005, more than 1,000 textile workers in Bangladesh have died in fires and building collapses. Thousands of people, many of them young women work in appalling and unsafe conditions in factories which supply western countries and High Street stores with cheap clothing.