Levi’s has built a clothing empire off the backs of garment workers in
Bangladesh and Pakistan - but the company won’t sign an agreement to keep
workers safe.

Tell Levi’s: protect garment workers, not your bottom line!

[ [link removed] ] Sign the petition 

   
John,

Ten years ago, more than 1000 garment workers in Bangladesh were killed in
the Rana Plaza disaster. Over 190 companies, from H&M to Zara, scrambled
to sign a safety accord.

One company that refused to sign? Levi's.

10 years later and the world's most famous denim brand continues to
maximize profit by failing to guarantee basic health and safety rights for
its workers.

But the anniversary gives us a chance to change that, as global media
starts to examine brands' track record since the disaster. Let's do
everything we can to put the spotlight on Levi's -- click below to sign,
then share everywhere!

[ [link removed] ]Levi's: treat your workers like people.

Levi’s says it supports the spirit of this safety accord but its own
audits and checks are better. But it’s questionable whether Levi’s is
making its factories safe for workers. Last year, one of the workers at a
factory supplying Levi’s alleged that workers don’t have access to clean
or cold water and often faint from the heat.

Levi’s sources from more than 60 factories in Bangladesh and Pakistan. By
signing the Accord Levi’s would have to allow independent safety
inspectors into those factories as well as guaranteeing basic health and
safety provisions for workers.

If the International Accord is good enough for big name brands like H&M,
Zara and Calvin Klein, why isn’t it good enough for Levi’s?

Levi’s is not alone in putting its profits above the lives of garment
workers in Bangladesh and Pakistan. They are one of a dozen brands that
fail to prioritize workers’ lives since the Rana Plaza collapse,
including: Amazon, ASDA, Columbia Sportswear, Decathlon, IKEA, JC Penney,
Kontoor Brands, Target, Tom Tailor, URBN and Walmart.

In the aftermath of the horrifying Rana Plaza disaster, the Ekō community
pressured massive fashion brands like H&M and Zara to back this new safety
accord. Now we need to do it again, but it's going to take all of us.
Let's push Levi’s to do the right thing.

[ [link removed] ]Levi’s, IKEA, Amazon and others: Protect workers in Bangladesh and
Pakistan, not your bottom line!



[ [link removed] ] Sign the petition 



Thanks for all that you do,
Vicky and the team at Ekō


More information:

[ [link removed] ]Bangladesh Apparel Industry Looks Inward As 10th Anniversary Of Rana
Plaza Tragedy Nears
Forbes. 1st November 2022

[ [link removed] ]‘Give workers an equal seat’: pressure builds for Levi’s to protect
factory employees
Guardian. 23rd September 2022

 

 

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