The Clean Up Fashion website is a project of the Labour Behind the Label coalition, which brings  unions, campaign groups, consumer groups, women’s organisations and homeworker organisations together in order to highlight the exploitation of the workers producing clothing and footwear for our high street. Along with the website is a Clean up Fashion report , which explains some of the issues more in depth and Take a Stand action cards to send to companies. To order these materials click here.

 

Labour Behind the Label aims to support garment workers' efforts worldwide to improve their working conditions.  We educate consumers, lobby companies and government, raise awareness, and encourage international solidarity with workers. We have  a number of other campaigns, including on sportswear,  supermarkets and public procurement and  run an urgent appeals networkurgent appeals.You can also find out about the latest news and events, order resources and sign up to our supporters mailing list. To find out more about Labour Behind the Label click here.

Members of the coalition include War on Want, Tearfund, Ethical Consumer, No Sweat, Women Working Worldwide, the National Group on Homeworking, Central America Women's Network,  Action Aid, Homeworkers Worldwide and Community the Union.

Whilst each organisation has a different focus and way of working, we have all come together in order to share our skills and experience and push for change in the UK fashion industry. But we can't do it alone: use the website, get informed and take action. Join us and be part of the effort to clean up fashion. 

Consumers are now more aware than ever about the impact their actions can have on others all over the world.This website is our attempt to respond to the growing number of people who want to know what’s going on behind the scenes of the big name brands, retailers and supermarkets who provide our clothes.

This isn't an 'ethical shopping guide'. The way to help workers is not to boycott one company in favour of another; it's to shift from being a passive consumer to an active one. Over the last twenty years we’ve seen that this does work. Most of the companies who were targeted in the early 1990 over ‘sweatshop’ conditions in their supply chains have made changes as a result of their customers writing to them, leafleting their shops and showing that their care. Whilst these companies still have a long way to go before they can claim to be ‘sweatshop free’ there have been real changes that have made genuine difference to peoples’ lives.

A lot more still needs to be done. Whilst a minority of companies have taken some positive steps, more have yet to really get started. We need more people like you to let them know that you want to buy clothes made in decent working conditions.

On the website you can: