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Tell clothing brands to support workers by signing the Transparency Pledge

Millions of garment factory workers like Monira and Rizwan, whose stories are below, suffer abuses in the workplace.

The vast majority of workers do not know whom to turn to for improving their working conditions because the brands they make clothes for are kept secret. This lack of transparency allows brands to avoid accountability and fuels abuses against workers.

Transparency benefits workers-they can inform brands when they experience labor abuses. Transparency also helps brands-they can better take steps to stop and prevent labor abuses.

Currently, 40 companies have committed to the Transparency Pledge, but hundreds continue to hide where they make their clothes.
Workers and shoppers deserve to know where brands make their clothes.
This shopping season, call on American Eagle Outfitters, Armani, Carrefour and URBN ( Urban Outfitters, Free People, Anthropologie, Nuuly) to support workers by publishing a list of all factories that make their branded products.

Disclaimer: By taking this action, emails will be sent to American Eagle Outfitters, Armani, Carrefour and URBN (Urban Outfitters, Free People, Anthropologie, Nuuly)

Tweet the clothing brands below and tell them to take the Transparency Pledge:

Workers' Stories

We spoke with garment workers to hear from them directly - here's why they think transparency is important.

Monira's Story

Monira (not her real name) is a Bangladeshi garment worker and mother of two children. She said that supply chain transparency helps workers draw brands' attention to ongoing abuses.

Monira survived the 2012 Tazreen factory fire that killed over 100 workers and injured hundreds more. Seven years later, she is still in pain and unable to sit for long periods of time. Despite her health conditions, she hasn't received any work accommodations and her wages remain low. Her husband, a garment worker who survived the same disaster after being crushed under debris and trampled by workers running to escape, is still unable to work regularly and is often bedridden.

To find out which clothing companies should be held accountable for the Tazreen factory fire, workers and activists had to rummage through the rubble to find labels of the brands they produced for. There was no other way to find out which brands to approach to help compensate the families of workers who died, and those who survived.

Transparency is critical to supporting workers who face ongoing health and safety risks and who are calling for brand accountability.

Rizwan's Story

Rizwan (not his real name) said that supply chain transparency is useful for workers like him, especially during strikes.

Rizwan said that following repression by factory owners and the government during the recent workers' wage strikes in Bangladesh, local grassroots organizations and unions were able to help workers by alerting brands that they produced for and work toward a resolution. They were able to do so because many more brands had publicly disclosed the names, addresses, and other information about their factories, making it easier for workers to reach out to them through labor advocates.

Garment workers like Monira, Rizwan and others in Haiti, Mexico, Ethiopia, Myanmar, Cambodia and elsewhere around the world deserve better. Take action now.

Further Reading

#GoTransparent

Tell clothing brands to support workers by signing the Transparency Pledge

Millions of garment factory workers like Monira and Rizwan, whose stories are below, suffer abuses in the workplace.

The vast majority of workers do not know whom to turn to for improving their working conditions because the brands they make clothes for are kept secret. This lack of transparency allows brands to avoid accountability and fuels abuses against workers.

Transparency benefits workers-they can inform brands when they experience labor abuses. Transparency also helps brands-they can better take steps to stop and prevent labor abuses.

Currently, 40 companies have committed to the Transparency Pledge, but hundreds continue to hide where they make their clothes.
Workers and shoppers deserve to know where brands make their clothes.
This shopping season, call on American Eagle Outfitters, Armani, Carrefour and URBN ( Urban Outfitters, Free People, Anthropologie, Nuuly) to support workers by publishing a list of all factories that make their branded products.

Disclaimer: By taking this action, emails will be sent to American Eagle Outfitters, Armani, Carrefour and URBN (Urban Outfitters, Free People, Anthropologie, Nuuly)

Tweet the clothing brands below and tell them to take the Transparency Pledge:

Workers' Stories

We spoke with garment workers to hear from them directly - here's why they think transparency is important.

Monira's Story

Monira (not her real name) is a Bangladeshi garment worker and mother of two children. She said that supply chain transparency helps workers draw brands' attention to ongoing abuses.

Monira survived the 2012 Tazreen factory fire that killed over 100 workers and injured hundreds more. Seven years later, she is still in pain and unable to sit for long periods of time. Despite her health conditions, she hasn't received any work accommodations and her wages remain low. Her husband, a garment worker who survived the same disaster after being crushed under debris and trampled by workers running to escape, is still unable to work regularly and is often bedridden.

To find out which clothing companies should be held accountable for the Tazreen factory fire, workers and activists had to rummage through the rubble to find labels of the brands they produced for. There was no other way to find out which brands to approach to help compensate the families of workers who died, and those who survived.

Transparency is critical to supporting workers who face ongoing health and safety risks and who are calling for brand accountability.

Rizwan's Story

Rizwan (not his real name) said that supply chain transparency is useful for workers like him, especially during strikes.

Rizwan said that following repression by factory owners and the government during the recent workers' wage strikes in Bangladesh, local grassroots organizations and unions were able to help workers by alerting brands that they produced for and work toward a resolution. They were able to do so because many more brands had publicly disclosed the names, addresses, and other information about their factories, making it easier for workers to reach out to them through labor advocates.

Garment workers like Monira, Rizwan and others in Haiti, Mexico, Ethiopia, Myanmar, Cambodia and elsewhere around the world deserve better. Take action now.

Further Reading

#GoTransparent

Tell clothing brands to support workers by signing the Transparency Pledge

Millions of garment factory workers like Monira and Rizwan, whose stories are below, suffer abuses in the workplace.

The vast majority of workers do not know whom to turn to for improving their working conditions because the brands they make clothes for are kept secret. This lack of transparency allows brands to avoid accountability and fuels abuses against workers.

Transparency benefits workers-they can inform brands when they experience labor abuses. Transparency also helps brands-they can better take steps to stop and prevent labor abuses.

Currently, 40 companies have committed to the Transparency Pledge, but hundreds continue to hide where they make their clothes.
Workers and shoppers deserve to know where brands make their clothes.
This shopping season, call on American Eagle Outfitters, Armani, Carrefour and URBN ( Urban Outfitters, Free People, Anthropologie, Nuuly) to support workers by publishing a list of all factories that make their branded products.

Disclaimer: By taking this action, emails will be sent to American Eagle Outfitters, Armani, Carrefour and URBN (Urban Outfitters, Free People, Anthropologie, Nuuly)

Tell clothing brands to support workers by signing the Transparency Pledge

Millions of garment factory workers like Monira and Rizwan, whose stories are below, suffer abuses in the workplace.

The vast majority of workers do not know whom to turn to for improving their working conditions because the brands they make clothes for are kept secret. This lack of transparency allows brands to avoid accountability and fuels abuses against workers.

Transparency benefits workers-they can inform brands when they experience labor abuses. Transparency also helps brands-they can better take steps to stop and prevent labor abuses.

Currently, 40 companies have committed to the Transparency Pledge, but hundreds continue to hide where they make their clothes.
Workers and shoppers deserve to know where brands make their clothes.
This shopping season, call on American Eagle Outfitters, Armani, Carrefour and URBN ( Urban Outfitters, Free People, Anthropologie, Nuuly) to support workers by publishing a list of all factories that make their branded products.

Disclaimer: By taking this action, emails will be sent to American Eagle Outfitters, Armani, Carrefour and URBN (Urban Outfitters, Free People, Anthropologie, Nuuly)

Tweet the clothing brands below and tell them to take the Transparency Pledge:

Workers' Stories

We spoke with garment workers to hear from them directly - here's why they think transparency is important.

Monira's Story

Monira (not her real name) is a Bangladeshi garment worker and mother of two children. She said that supply chain transparency helps workers draw brands' attention to ongoing abuses.

Monira survived the 2012 Tazreen factory fire that killed over 100 workers and injured hundreds more. Seven years later, she is still in pain and unable to sit for long periods of time. Despite her health conditions, she hasn't received any work accommodations and her wages remain low. Her husband, a garment worker who survived the same disaster after being crushed under debris and trampled by workers running to escape, is still unable to work regularly and is often bedridden.

To find out which clothing companies should be held accountable for the Tazreen factory fire, workers and activists had to rummage through the rubble to find labels of the brands they produced for. There was no other way to find out which brands to approach to help compensate the families of workers who died, and those who survived.

Transparency is critical to supporting workers who face ongoing health and safety risks and who are calling for brand accountability.

Rizwan's Story

Rizwan (not his real name) said that supply chain transparency is useful for workers like him, especially during strikes.

Rizwan said that following repression by factory owners and the government during the recent workers' wage strikes in Bangladesh, local grassroots organizations and unions were able to help workers by alerting brands that they produced for and work toward a resolution. They were able to do so because many more brands had publicly disclosed the names, addresses, and other information about their factories, making it easier for workers to reach out to them through labor advocates.

Garment workers like Monira, Rizwan and others in Haiti, Mexico, Ethiopia, Myanmar, Cambodia and elsewhere around the world deserve better. Take action now.

We spoke with garment workers to hear from them directly - here's why they think transparency is important.

Monira's Story

Monira (not her real name) is a Bangladeshi garment worker and mother of two children. She said that supply chain transparency helps workers draw brands' attention to ongoing abuses.

Monira survived the 2012 Tazreen factory fire that killed over 100 workers and injured hundreds more. Seven years later, she is still in pain and unable to sit for long periods of time. Despite her health conditions, she hasn't received any work accommodations and her wages remain low. Her husband, a garment worker who survived the same disaster after being crushed under debris and trampled by workers running to escape, is still unable to work regularly and is often bedridden.

To find out which clothing companies should be held accountable for the Tazreen factory fire, workers and activists had to rummage through the rubble to find labels of the brands they produced for. There was no other way to find out which brands to approach to help compensate the families of workers who died, and those who survived.

Transparency is critical to supporting workers who face ongoing health and safety risks and who are calling for brand accountability.

Rizwan's Story

Rizwan (not his real name) said that supply chain transparency is useful for workers like him, especially during strikes.

Rizwan said that following repression by factory owners and the government during the recent workers' wage strikes in Bangladesh, local grassroots organizations and unions were able to help workers by alerting brands that they produced for and work toward a resolution. They were able to do so because many more brands had publicly disclosed the names, addresses, and other information about their factories, making it easier for workers to reach out to them through labor advocates.

Garment workers like Monira, Rizwan and others in Haiti, Mexico, Ethiopia, Myanmar, Cambodia and elsewhere around the world deserve better. Take action now.

Further Reading

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What are potential solutions to human rights concerns in a global economy? 

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source: Pledge&Worker's Stories Quote1:Trabsparency benefits workers- they can inform brands when they experience labor abuses. Transparency also helps brands- they can better take steps to stop and prevent labor abuses.
Quote2: Currently , 40 companies have committed to the transparency pledge, but hundreds continue to hide where they make their clothes
The most important thing to understand from these sources is Transparency has benefited so many workers
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“Brands can prove they actually know who makes your clothes and shoes by making that information public.”

“With transparency, factory workers can more easily find out which brands they’ve been making clothes for.”

The most important thing to understand is that this situation is made especially difficult to resolve because of a lack of information.

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Quote: Publicly disclose where your clothes or shoes really come from. 

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Quote: Transparency benefits workers—they can inform brands when they experience labor abuses. Transparency also helps brands—they can better take steps to stop and prevent labor abuses.

The most important thing to understand from these sources is that with transparency people and companies are able to see where the product is made to ensure that they're not supporting an abusive factory.

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quote 1: "transparency can also be a lifeline for mistreated workers...can more easily find out which brands they've been making clothes for and where to make a complaint about workplace abuses"
quote 2: "They were able to do so because many more brands had publicly disclosed the names, addresses, and other information about their factories, making it easier for workers to reach out to them through labor advocates"
The most important thing is that many factory workers hang in the balance

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Quote 1:To find out which clothing companies should be held accountable for the Tazreen factory fire, workers and activists had to rummage through the rubble to find labels of the brands they produced for.

Quote 2: Transparency benefits workers—they can inform brands when they experience labor abuses. Transparency also helps brands—they can better take steps to stop and prevent labor abuses.

Most important thing: How much transparency will benefit workers and how much it will also help companies

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Quote 1: "The vast majority of workers do not know whom to turn to for improving their working conditions because the brands they make clothes for are kept secret. This lack of transparency allows brands to avoid accountability and fuels abuses against workers."
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The vast majority of workers do not know whom to turn to for improving their working conditions because the brands they make clothes for are kept secret. This lack of transparency allows brands to avoid accountability and fuels abuses against workers."

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"They were able to do so because many more brands had publicly disclosed the names, addresses, and other information about their factories, making it easier for workers to reach out to them through labor advocates."

Quote 2: "Transparency benefits workers—they can inform brands when they experience labor abuses. Transparency also helps brands—they can better take steps to stop and prevent labor abuses."

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Quote 1 - "The vast majority of workers do not know whom to turn to for improving their working conditions because the brands they make clothes for are kept secret"

Quote 2 - "Transparency benefits workers—they can inform brands when they experience labor abuses."

Summary - The most important take away from the idea of transparency is not only the benefits for companies and proving their ethically sourced clothes, but also the secures the safety and well-being of the factory workers.

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“Transparency benefits workers-They can inform brands when they experience labor abuses.”

“The vast majority of workers do not know whom to turn to for improving their working conditions because the brands they make clothes for are kept secret.”

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Quote 1: "The vast majority of workers do not know whom to turn to for improving their working conditions because the brands they make clothes for are kept secret."
Quote 2: "Transparency benefits workers—they can inform brands when they experience labor abuses. Transparency also helps brands—they can better take steps to stop and prevent labor abuses."
The most important thing is that transparency helps workers have a safe work environment, meanwhile brands have better ethically sourced clothing.

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Quote 1, “The vast majority of workers do not know whom to turn to for improving their working conditions because the brands they make clothes for are kept secret. This lack of transparency allows brands to avoid accountability and fuels abuses against workers.”

Quote 2, “Monira survived the 2012 Tazreen factory fire that killed over 100 workers and injured hundreds more. Seven years later, she is still in pain and unable to sit for long periods of time. Despite her health conditions, she hasn't received any work accommodations and her wages remain low. Her husband, a garment worker who survived the same disaster after being crushed under debris and trampled by workers running to escape, is still unable to work regularly and is often bedridden.”