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    More than 1,000 workers died – and the lives of their families ripped apart - when a factory making clothes for Primark, Matalan and Mango collapsed. Demand that these UK high street retailers take responsibility for their supply chains.

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    The Tazreen Fashion fire in Bangladesh killed 112 workers in November last year. Some brands have compensated family members for their loss, but Walmart and Disney refuse.

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    Nestle Chairman says water isn’t a human right.

    Nestle Chairman Peter Brabeck says that water isn’t a human right, and that privatisation is the best way to ensure fair distribution. Tell him he’s wrong.

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    USi update 24 May 2013 brick kiln union registered in Rajasthan

    We have excellent news this week – the project we support in the brick kilns of India has registered a new union: the Rajasthan Pradesh Int Bhatta Majdoor Union. Welcome to the movement, comrades! Watch the video   Or download the podcast [...]

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    The Rick Smith Show is a union radio show that broadcasts across Pennsylvania. Tomorrow they go door to door to expose the retailers who refuse to sign the Bangladesh safety agreement. You can listen live, or download the podcast from the website. [...]

    Not good enough, Debenhams

    - By Walton Pantland The Rana Plaza disaster in Bangladesh has shone a light on conditions in the textile industry, and put pressure on major retailers to take responsibility for their supply chains. Unions and campaigners have been applying [...]

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    Swazi trade unionist Wonder Mkhonza granted bail

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    Progress in Bangladesh: USi news update 14 May 2013

    USi news update, talking about developments in workers’ rights in Bangladesh, an international union campaign at National Express, our recent conferences with Kostas Vaxevanis and Yanis Varoufakis, and blood strawberries in Greece. You can [...]

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