UNIQLO, Japanese fashion brand, manufacturer and retailer, has decided to make its supply chain public. The decision has been take in view of a campaign by War on Want and its partner Students and Scholars Against Corporate Misbehavior (SACOM), a Hong Kong-based non-profit that advocates for worker rights, against alleged abuse of factory workers.
The move has come as breather for Chinese and Cambodian garment workers producing for Fast Retailing and UNIQLO. “Once it will come into effect, workers in the Fast Retailing supply chain will be able to track the conditions of workers across the supply chain, organise collectively and build a stronger movement of workers in the region,” said Thulsi Narayanasamy, Senior Programme Officer at War on Want.
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He also added that the workers have struggled bravely against the violations that were committed against them by factories producing for Fast Retailing. Despite their claims being made public by SACOM, Fast Retailing had chosen to ignore the serious allegations of abuse.
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