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•H&M is an international clothing store that sells trendy and cheap clothing in almost 30 countries around the world. •In an industry fraught with sweatshops and labor abuses, H&M fails to provide an example of sustainability and justice. •Visit Go Green, and learn how you can be fashionable and sustainable.
-- Profile Updated 06/01/2010
About H&M
H&M is a Swedish store that designs and sells cheap yet chic clothing for men women and children throughout Europe and North America. The company operates in 29 countries, runs about 1,400 stores, and employs approximately 68,000 people worldwide.
Campaigns
Calling for H&M & Bangladesh Government to Take Action and Protect its Workers.
21 Factory Workers died in a fire because exits were blocked…
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21 Factory Workers died in a fire because exits were blocked, and they couldn't leave the building. We are calling on you to tell the brands, the employer and the government of Bangladesh that justice must prevail for these workers. This tradegy could have been prevented and we need to ensure that it does not happen again.
www.unionvoice.org/campaign/Garib
Affiliates
There are no known affiliates associated with H&M.
Contact H&M
H&M
215 Park Ave South, 15th Floor
New York, NY 10003
USA
Phone: 215-564-9922
Web: www.hm.com/us/#/startpagedefault/
Alerts
Labor
A recent investigation by the Workers' Rights Committee has revealed that apparel manufactures in Bangalore, India have been refus…
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A recent investigation by the Workers' Rights Committee has revealed that apparel manufactures in Bangalore, India have been refusing to pay factory workers more than $10 million, because they refused to comply with the minimum wage increase in India in March of 2009. Approximately 1/3 of all factory workers, or 125,000 workers, in the region are owed back wages by factories, who say they were acting on the advice of the leading industry association, the Clothing Manufacturers' Assocation of India. The factories involved manufacture apparel for many well-known US and international brands including, Wal-Mart, Adidas, the Gap, H&M, JC Penney, Levi-Strauss, Phillps Van Heusen, and Nike.
-- National Labor Committee, 03/04/2010
Source URL: www.workersrights.org/linkeddocs/Bangalore%20Minimum%20Wage_Preliminar...
Ethics and Governance
A graduate student in New York City discovered bags of unused, discarded clothes from retailer H&M on the street near the company'…
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A graduate student in New York City discovered bags of unused, discarded clothes from retailer H&M on the street near the company's store. The clothes that were discarded included gloves, winter coats and other cold weather items that had been intentionally cut or slashed to prevent people from wearing them after being discarded. In one of the coldest winters on record in New York City, this action has been met by anger and dismay by homeless activists who say the clothing could have been used to help keep the cities thousands of homeless warm during such a cold winter.
-- Guardian, 01/07/2010
Source URL: www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/07/h-m-wal-mart-clothes-found
Labor
21 workers were killed in a H&M factory fire in the beginning of March.…
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21 workers were killed in a H&M factory fire in the beginning of March. The workers weren't able to leave the building because exits were blocked off. This is the second time this factory has had a fire within the last six months.
-- International Labor Rights Forum, 03/02/2010
Source URL: www.laborrights.org/
Environment
In 2003 H&M became a member of Organic Exchange, an organization that promotes organic cotton worldwide.…
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In 2003 H&M became a member of Organic Exchange, an organization that promotes organic cotton worldwide. In 2005, they sold garments containing more than 40 tons organic cotton.
-- Organic Exchange, 12/21/2008
Source URL: ? www.dublinks.com/index.cfm/loc/5/pt/0/spid/6541DE9F-B2E1-B27C-B49166...
Labor
More than 1,000 workers at nine H&M clothing stores in Manhattan won the right to be represented by the Retail, Wholesale and Depa…
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More than 1,000 workers at nine H&M clothing stores in Manhattan won the right to be represented by the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU).
-- Guardian, 09/03/2007
Source URL: www.guardian.co.uk/business/2007/sep/03/retail.supermarkets
UNITE HERE organized a boycott campaign of H&M in 2003.…
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UNITE HERE organized a boycott campaign of H&M in 2003. The campaign alleged that H&M wouldn't allow U.S. workers to unionize, and there were concerns about how they treated their workers in Indonesia. The dispute between UNITE and H&M went all the way to the National Labor Review Board in November of 2004. UNITE has worked out an agreement with H&M to represent its New Jersey Distribution Center workers.
-- Alternet, 07/01/2005
Source URL: www.alternet.org/story/23267/?page=2
20,000 workers from up to 69 different garment factories in Cambodia went on strike from June 21-27, 2000 in order to demand a ris…
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20,000 workers from up to 69 different garment factories in Cambodia went on strike from June 21-27, 2000 in order to demand a rise in the minimum wage from $40 to $70 per month. At least nine clothing companies, including H&M, source from these factories. Although they have returned to work, workers have pledged to continue striking in the future if there is no resolution on the minimum wage issue.
-- Clean Clothes Campaign, 06/01/2000
Source URL: www.cleanclothes.org/news/00-06-cambodia.htm
