A brief launched today by the Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC) documents deadly safety incidents in Pakistan’s garment industry that underline the urgent need for the International Accord for Health and Safety in the Textile and Garment Industry to be implemented in that country.

From October 24-28, workers who make adidas products took to the streets demanding an end to pervasive wage theft and union-busting.

On August 31, 2022: workers at the Manufacturas VU maquila factory in Piedras Negras, Coahuila participated in their first democratic election on who would represent them in negotiations with their employer on their wages, working conditions, and rights at work.

295 workers took part in the secret-ballot vote to choose between two unions: the Confederation of Mexican Workers (CTM) or the Mexican Labour Union League (La Liga). By the end of the day, the workers’ response was overwhelming: 186 votes for La Liga and 101 for the CTM.