Oxford P&P call on Topshop to Redress Fashion
On Thursday 6 December P&P groups in 16 cities around the country hung out Topshop’s dirty laundry on the high street as part of our national day of action to Redress Fashion.
On Saturday 1 March, during Fairtrade Fortnight, our national day of action put pressure on Topshop to make a serious commitment to improving labour conditions in its supply chains. We are calling for a refund on workers’ rights!
In June, Arcadia asked to meet P&P. You can read a summary of the meeting - we will be responding soon.
- Email Topshop now and ask them to clean up their act!
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The majority of us are wearing clothes made by workers paid poverty wages and denied the right to unionise to improve their conditions.
While most companies are happy to make statements about their commitment to ethical practices, these claims are contradicted by demands for ever cheaper prices and faster delivery times.
The horror stories that make it into the news are not just aberrations - exploitation is endemic in the fashion industry from seed to shirt.
This is why People & Planet is taking action to
Redress the high street, redress your campus
The Redress Fashion campaign focuses on what we can do as students to support the struggles of garment workers worldwide.
Following on from actions against Primark last year, we’ll be targeting Topshop on the high street, demanding that it takes the basic step of joining the Ethical Trading Initiative.
On our campuses, we will be campaigning to ensure that our university merchandise is sweatshop-free.
P&P is a member of Labour behind the Label a campaign that supports garment workers’ efforts worldwide to improve their working conditions, through awareness raising, information provision and encouraging international solidarity between workers and consumers. Labour behind the Label coordinates the UK platform of the Clean Clothes Campaign, an international campaign, focused on improving working conditions in the global garment and sportswear industries, and empower the workers in it.
