A new campaign targets brands that are spending on stock buybacks instead of compensating workers for lost wages.
, bringing workers together in six countries to demand that Big Fashion companies:
Stop billionaire payouts from dividends and stock buybacks until all garment workers are repaid their lost wages. Garment supply chain workers stand alongside U.S. coal miners, railroad workers, airline workers, and many others who are calling on Wall Street to invest in workers instead of lining their pockets through stock buybacks.
, a report detailing the wage theft and the massive income loss facing garment workers during the Covid-19 pandemic in the supply chains of companies like Nike, Levi Strauss & Co., and North Face parent company VF Corporation.new report Dilhani now sells fruit by the roadside to try to stay afloat and pay her pandemic-era debts while she fights for justice at her factory. She remains an active member of the Sri Lanka’s Textile Garment and Clothing Workers Union .
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