激動の東アジアニュースを各国のメディアからお伝えします
Sexual harassment and assault are rife in the factories that supply some of the world’s leading fashion brands. In Tamil Nadu, union leader Thiyva Rakini is trying to change thatMany years ago, when Thivya Rakini was working as a domestic violence acti…
Read MoreLandmark agreement to protect garment workers from violence follows last year’s murder of Jeyasre Kathiravel, a Dalit womanH&M has signed a legally binding agreement with one of its largest Indian clothing suppliers that pledges to end sexual viole…
Read MoreA roundup of the coverage of the struggle for human rights and freedoms, from Myanmar to Mexico Continue reading…
Read MorePan-Asian labour rights group launches groundbreaking attempt to hold global labels accountable for alleged rights violations during pandemicLegal complaints are being filed against some of the world’s largest fashion brands in major garment-producing …
Read MoreWithout extension of legally binding 2013 accord, life-saving changes still required in factories will not go aheadThe future of a landmark deal to improve safety at clothing factories in Bangladesh is in doubt, unions have said, in the run-up to the e…
Read MoreDaw Myo Aye, labour organiser and a leader of civil disobedience protests, dragged from office by armyOne of Myanmar’s leading trade union leaders has been arrested as part of escalating attacks on pro-democracy figures by the military junta.Daw Myo Ay…
Read MoreCampaigners report job losses and jailing of those airing grievances – and urge global fashion brands to stand up for workers’ rightsOn the morning of 4 May, Zar Zar Tun, a Burmese garment worker, led a strike at a factory in the city of Yangon. Within…
Read MoreUnions warn of further action over non-payment of rise agreed in 2018, as hundreds of Assam tea estates closeOver 400,000 workers on Indian tea plantations that supply the world’s largest tea companies have gone on strike over the government’s failure …
Read MoreBrands including Primark, Zara and H&M accused of failing to protect workers at factories in Asia from ‘union busting’Some of Europe’s biggest retailers, including Primark, Zara and H&M, are failing to stop Covid-19 being used as a pretext for …
Read MoreWorkers in Myanmar say management targeted union supporters under pretense layoffs were related to coronavirus Hundreds of workers at two factories in Myanmar that produce clothing for Zara and Primark were fired days after forming a union in a move wo…
Read More