Garment Worker Direct Relief Fund Launches to Raise Money for Women Impacted by the Pandemic

by Admin | Feb 12, 2021 | #ShareYourProfits, Keep Workers Safe

Garment workers are still suffering. Infections from coronavirus may be falling, at last, but the fashion industry has experienced an upheaval and contraction that’s impacted millions of workers. A recent survey by the Worker Rights Consortium found that 77% of...

[Eco Warrior Princess] #PayUp Pressure Pays Off: Brands Commit to Paying Billions to Garment Factories

by Editor | Oct 2, 2020 | #PayUp, Press

Eco Warrior Princess covers the devastating decision made by global apparel brands to cancel orders and refuse payment to their garment factories for completed goods worth $40 billion at the start of the pandemic. Currently, at the time of writing, 19 brands on the...

[Fashion United] PayUp Fashion Initiative Launches to Secure Industry’s Future

by Editor | Sep 22, 2020 | #PayUp, Press

Fashion United’s Simone Preuss covered the launch of the PayUp Fashion initiative, writing “In March of this year, US-based NGO Remake together with partnering organisation and labour activist and founder of the AWAJ Foundation, Nazma Akter, launched...

[Apparel Insider] PayUp Movement Launches Long-Term Campaign for Reform

by Editor | Sep 22, 2020 | #PayUp, Press

Apparel Insider’s Brett Matthews covers the launch of PayUp Fashion, writing “The #PayUp movement, a global coalition of garment workers, labour organisations and citizen advocates, has launched a long-term vision for change called PayUp Fashion, which...