Love Fashion Hate Sweatshops Campaign

EDM number 1993 in 2008-09, proposed by Harry Cohen on 12/10/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Employment.

That this House welcomes the Love Fashion Hate Sweatshops campaign recently launched by War on Want; is concerned that many of the clothes bought in the UK come at a terrible human cost; is further concerned that millions of workers around the world suffer poverty wages and exploitation producing cheap fashion for shops in the UK; opposes the exploitative purchasing practices which drive down wages and encourage poor working practices; believes that real change can only be achieved through Government action that protects the rights of workers supplying UK companies; and supports War on Want's call for the Government to ensure that overseas workers are guaranteed a living wage, decent working conditions and the right to join a trade union.

This motion has been signed by a total of 69 MPs.