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  • Common Wage Violations in Mexico’s Garment Industry

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  • COVID-19 | Defending Workers’ Rights and Livelihoods in the Time of the Pandemic

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  • Fighting COVID and defending workers’ rights in Northern Mexico

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  • Global network of labour rights and union organizations calls on brands to guarantee garment workers receive full pay

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Facing aggressive pushback, Amazon workers to vote on forming the company’s first American union

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"They left us starving": How the fashion industry abandoned its workers (Open Democracy)

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Philippines: Thousands of workers go on strike as Tet bonuses cut

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Auditing firms shouldn’t provide cover for the inaction of global brands on low wages

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Coats Honduras urged to reinstate dismissed workers (IndustriALL)

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FOA in Mexico

“Employer protection contracts” are a major barrier to freedom of association (FOA) in Mexico. MSN is working with international brands and global unions to overcome these and other barriers to workers’ right to organize and bargain collectively.

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Brand Engagement

A training kit for women’s and trade union organizations on how to more effectively engage with international brands and manufacturers on worker rights violations.

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Women’s Labour Rights

The lack of affordable, quality childcare options is a major problem for Central American women maquila workers. MSN is facilitating dialogue between apparel brands and women’s and trade union organizations to seek solutions to this and other women’s rights issues.

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