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Fashion industry coalition fights to protect garment workers

A coalition of ten international organizations has urged fashion brands and governments to protect garment workers and future-proof supply chains amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The organizations, each working to improve labor conditions, are calling brands, retailers, suppliers, governments, trade unions, industry associations, civil society and...

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Gucci refutes Chinese factory conditions

Italian luxury house Gucci has been caught in a television scandal that said the company's Chinese employees were working long, arduous hours for little pay to make its products. Hidden cameras showed Chinese workers in Italian factories The Kering-owned company said the RAI-aired broadcast was false, despite factories claiming they used hidden...