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

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

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John,

Over 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 to stop it from ever happening again.

One company that refused to sign? Levi's.

More than 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 we have a chance to change that, as global media starts to examine
brands' track record since the disaster. And the pressure is working.
ASDA, formally owned by Walmart, just signed the safety accord to protect
its workers in Pakistan!

Let's build on this momentum and 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. 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!



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


More information:

[ [link removed] ]Abuses ‘still rife’: 10 years on from Bangladesh’s Rana Plaza disaster
Guardian. 24th April 2023

[ [link removed] ]LEVI’S URGED TO SIGN PAKISTAN ACCORD: ‘WE REALLY NEED BRANDS TO STEP
UP’
Rivet. 24th April 2023

[ [link removed] ]Which brands have signed the safety Accord?
Clean Clothes Campaign. 14 May 2024

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

 

 

 

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