Review of Generalised Scheme of Preferences: workers’ rights are human rights!
Wednesday 03 March 2021 - European trade unions call for a revised GSP which protects workers’ rights across the world....
The upcoming EU textiles strategy must ensure a long term future for the industry in Europe
Monday 02 November 2020 - An ambitious strategy is needed to bolster the position of the TCLF sector as producer of high-quality, longer lasting products using new green and digital tech...
COVID-19 and the TCLF sectors: Social Partners join forces to call for urgent action for a sustainable recovery
Friday 10 July 2020 - EU Social Partners for the textile, clothing, leather and footwear sectors have adopted a joint statement on a sustainable recovery for the industries post COVI...
Unions, fashion brands and suppliers agree on joint action in South-East European textile industries
Wednesday 20 November 2019 - Cooperation is key to securing a qualified workforce and living wages in South-East European textile industries. This was the conclusion by 100 national and loc...
Ending poverty pay for Albanian workers making big brand clothes
Monday 01 April 2019 - industriAll Europe is working to build trade union power among textile workers in Albania in order to raise wages, which are currently barely more than €200-a-m...
Organising big brand clothing workers to win a living wage in North Macedonia
Thursday 21 March 2019 - Strategies for organising thousands of new workers to build union power for higher wages and better working conditions were debated at a seminar for national an...
Supporting Serbian workers to win a living wage
Monday 18 February 2019 - IndustriAll Europe general secretary Luc Triangle and strategic organiser, Ildiko Kren, travelled to Belgrade last week to support our Serbian affiliates in org...
Austrian, Croatian and Slovenian textile unions cooperate on organising
Wednesday 12 December 2018 - At a seminar on 3-4 December 2018 in Zagreb, unions from three countries agreed to cooperate on organising and collective bargaining in Austrian-owned leather c...