7th October 2009
Revealed - the state of pay behind the UK high-street
Since 2006 Labour Behind the Label has been producing the Let's Clean Up Fashion report, which reveals what different high-street retailers are - or are not doing - to ensure that the workers' making their clothes are paid a living wage.
In this year's report Labour Behind the Label acknowledge that 'in the last four years many of the biggest brands and retailers on the UK high street have publicly accepted that garment workers wages need to increase and claim to have started work to eliminate poverty wages from their supply chains.' However the report goes on to highlight that, 'few of the projects and plans developed in corporate offices in Europe or North America have had a tangible impact on the wages and lives of the women producing our clothes.'
The report provides fashion tutors and students with indepth company case studies that can be incorporated into university projects or teaching. An electronic copy is available or alternatively hard copies can be ordered. Please see the reports section of the website.
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