In late July, in a landmark meeting, garment unions from seven countries met in Phnom Penh to discuss how to collaborate better to achieve living wages and safe workplaces for all garment workers. The garment industry around the world is characterised by a brutal Race to the Bottom where workers […]
Monthly Archives: August 2016
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On 6 August 1945, the US government devastated the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki with nuclear bombs. Both bombs killed tens of thousands of people directly, injured tens of thousands, and has caused ongoing lethal consequences for millions of people more. The union movement has a long anti- war history. […]