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‘Do We Buy It? is a new joint report by Labour Behind the Label (LBL) and Cividep India looking into the stories behind two leading high-street brands, M&S and H&M, who have made claims to be ensuring a fair living wage for workers who make their clothes.
The report shows that garment workers at Marks & Spencer suppliers in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh continue to be paid poorly, forced to live in abject poverty, sharing slum housing and often subjected to illegal levels of overtime work – of up to 110 hours a month over contracted hours. Over 60% of the workers interviewed were struggling with mounting debt just to meet their basic needs.

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A new report by Cividep India and Framtiden i våre hender (Future In Our Hands), Norway looks at the state of occupational health and safety in tanneries in Tamil Nadu. Interviews with tannery workers in Chennai and Ranipet revealed shocking negligence and violation of Indian laws governing hazardous industries. Women who work as helpers and migrant workers from Eastern and Northern States are especially vulnerable.

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Weltweit leiden Mensch und Umwelt immer wieder unter Giften, die ihre Ursprünge in der Lederindustrie haben. Arbeiter_innen werden krank, die Umwelt verseucht, und die Menschen, die in der Nähe von Gerbereien wohnen, ernähren sich von giftigem Wasser und giftigen Nahrungsmitteln, welche durch verschmutzte Böden und Flüsse in die Nahrungsmittelkette gelangen. Und selbst bei denjenigen, die die Lederschuhe am Ende kaufen, können giftige Restbestände Hautkrankheiten hervorrufen.
Dieses Infoblatt gibt einen Einblick in die Lederproduktion, besonders den Gerbprozess und seine Folgen für Mensch und Umwelt. Dabei liegt der Schwerpunkt auf der Chromgerbung, da der überwiegende Anteil des Leders heutzutage mit Chrom gegerbt wird.

Redaktion: Bullerdieck, Lena

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Migrant workers are an increasingly important part of the global garment industry workforce. These workers are particularly vulnerable to exploitation: they often do the same job as local workers but for lower wages and in more precarious conditions, and face specific barriers to articulating and demanding their rights as workers. Abuse of migrant workers in textile and garment supply chains is a growing problem. This fact sheet addresses these abuses and offers companies that buy garments for retail a set of recommendations to address exploitation of migrant workers in their supply chain. This publication is part of a series of fact sheets that SOMO is developing for the WellMade programme.

Redaktion: Burton, Angela

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Pitiful wages, child labour and sexual abuse is reported to be the reality for some Syrian refugees
working without permits in Turkey, posing a major challenge for the garment brands that source from the country to supply Europe’s high streets. This report summarizes the responses of 28 of Europe’s largest clothes brands who were asked to explain how they are protecting Syrian refugees in their supply chain. A few are taking decisive action, but many are doing too little.
The document contains recommendations for brands and demands towards different actors.

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