5 WAYS TO SUPPORT GARMENT WORKERS IN CRISIS
Building a more equitable fashion industry calls for us to look beyond brand boycotts and see ourselves as global citizens, not consumers. Here are some easy ways to stand up for the millions of people who make our clothes.
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Building a more equitable fashion industry calls for us to look beyond brand boycotts and see ourselves as global citizens, not consumers. Here are some easy ways to stand up for the millions of people who make our clothes.
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Sign the @remakeourworld #PayUp petition at https://payupfashion.com/ to demand 7 key actions from fashion’s worst offenders:
- Pay for cancelled orders
- Keep workers safe
- Go transparent
- Centre worker voices
- Sign enforceable contracts
- End starvation wages
- Help pass laws
- Pay for cancelled orders
- Keep workers safe
- Go transparent
- Centre worker voices
- Sign enforceable contracts
- End starvation wages
- Help pass laws
Donate to @labourlabel and/or @cleanclothes to support the grassroots fight for garment workers' rights, either as a one-off donation or regular payment.
https://labourbehindthelabel.org/donate/
https://cleanclothes.org/donate
Ask brands #WhoMadeMyClothes via social media and/or email and demand full supplier transparency. Head to @fash_rev to find what you need to make noise. Also volunteer with your local team (join us at @fash_rev_scot!) or become a student ambassador.
https://www.fashionrevolution.org/about/get-involved/
Let your policymakers know you want legalisation to hold the fashion industry accountable for its exploitation of garment workers. Write to you MP (template here: https://issuu.com/fashionrevolution/docs/fr_postcard_policymaker_), and add evidence for the @CommonsEAC Fixing Fashion follow-up: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/654/fixing-fashion-follow-up/
Support brands (through
and
) that *genuinely* support the communities impacted their supply chain, like @birdsonglondon and @peopletree. Read between the greenwashing lines from billionaire-owned empires - hit up @commonthreads_ ep 6 to find out how. https://anchor.fm/commonthreadspodcast/episodes/EP--6-Greenwashing-101-How-to-See-Through-the-BS-ejh46i

