Factory workers in China have complained about the horrific labor conditions sewing clothes for fast-fashion giants, where reports say they often work 14-hour days and are often paid less than 30 ...
According to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the fashion industry contributes up to 10% of global carbon emissions, more than all international flights and shipping combined. Each ...
Perhaps best to call it global capitalism. "Globalism" can cover various ideas - global peace, global war, global climate, global travel, global internet, etc.
Trade tariffs and US aid cuts under Donald Trump are reshaping the global garment industry and threatening the livelihoods of ...
Nationwide fast-food strikes are ramping up today, as thousands of low-wage restaurant workers are walking off the job, demanding the right to organize and wages as high as $15 per hour. The issue of ...
Its workers were the first to stage rallies demanding a minimum wage of $15 an hour. Then, they pressed for changes in the way national restaurant chains set their work schedules. Now, they are asking ...
Workers detained in a massive immigration raid of a Cato protein bar factory last week have already been deported to Guatemala. It took less than 72 hours for as many as a dozen of those workers to go ...
When Bajirao Thengde voiced his fears about going to work after dozens of colleagues fell sick with coronavirus, his boss at a motorbike factory in western India said he should "learn to live with the ...