Amnesty International dropped reports saying governments and big fashion companies are making bank while garment workers get screwed out of basic union rights across India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. The organization checked out 20 factories and found bosses constantly threatening people with getting fired if they tried organizing, and women workers catch the worst of it with harassment and abuse while having zero representation in management positions.
The four countries basically let factory owners do whatever by keeping laws that block unionizing and make striking nearly impossible. Fashion brands aren't following UN human rights guidelines either, instead running their business with private audit systems that let worker exploitation slide. Workers get blocked from forming real unions, can't bargain for better conditions, and governments refuse to enforce living wage standards across the board.
Amnesty wants states to fix their labor laws and stop crushing union rights, while fashion companies need to let independent unions form at supplier factories and actually do proper human rights checks on their operations.
The four countries basically let factory owners do whatever by keeping laws that block unionizing and make striking nearly impossible. Fashion brands aren't following UN human rights guidelines either, instead running their business with private audit systems that let worker exploitation slide. Workers get blocked from forming real unions, can't bargain for better conditions, and governments refuse to enforce living wage standards across the board.
Amnesty wants states to fix their labor laws and stop crushing union rights, while fashion companies need to let independent unions form at supplier factories and actually do proper human rights checks on their operations.
