Labour Behind the Label
Encyclopedia
Labour Behind the Label is a campaign for workers' rights in the clothing
industry. It is the platform of the international Clean Clothes Campaign
in the United Kingdom
. LBL's members include trade unions and their local branches, consumer organizations, campaign groups, and charities.
Its main activities are consumer education, lobbying companies, lobbying government, and solidarity with workers in disputes in factories producing for UK clothing companies.
LBL was involved with the global Play Fair at the Olympics campaign in 2004, which brought together trade unions and campaign groups to call for greater action from the Olympic movement and the sportswear industry on workers' rights.
It has repeatedly criticised British clothing billionaire Philip Green
.
Clothing
Clothing refers to any covering for the human body that is worn. The wearing of clothing is exclusively a human characteristic and is a feature of nearly all human societies...
industry. It is the platform of the international Clean Clothes Campaign
Clean Clothes Campaign
The Clean Clothes Campaign is the garment industry's largest alliance of labour unions and non-governmental organizations. The civil society campaign focuses on the improvement of working conditions in the garment and sportswear industries...
in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. LBL's members include trade unions and their local branches, consumer organizations, campaign groups, and charities.
Its main activities are consumer education, lobbying companies, lobbying government, and solidarity with workers in disputes in factories producing for UK clothing companies.
LBL was involved with the global Play Fair at the Olympics campaign in 2004, which brought together trade unions and campaign groups to call for greater action from the Olympic movement and the sportswear industry on workers' rights.
It has repeatedly criticised British clothing billionaire Philip Green
Philip Green
Sir Philip Green is a British businessman. Green was born into a Jewish family in 1952, beginning as a businessman at the age of 15. The first and last quoted company Green took lead of was "Amber Day", from which he stepped down as CEO and Chairman in 1992...
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