The Dindigul Agreement was proven to have addressed gender-based violence and harassment in garment factories, yet major brands have now abandoned the model that is grounded in freedom of association and protects women workers. To read more: tr.ee/8iclRl @globallaborjustice.bsky.social

Join us in Bangkok, 14 Sep, as we co-lead a session on "Coordinated Action at Scale: Gender Based Violence & Harassment (GBVH) Prevention and Response in the Garment Supply Chain" alongside our session partners. Details: https://www.rbhrforum.com/session/coordinated-action-at-scale #UNRBHR2026

The #JustSignIt campaign is committed to exposing Nike's extraction of wealth from Oregon to Asia. Together, educators & garment workers will make Nike pay its fair share. 2/2 @jwjpdx.bsky.social @oregoneducation.bsky.social @jwj.org @acrecampaigns.bsky.social

🚨BREAKING: Read the exclusive story by @jasminchua.com in Women’s Wear Daily about how @nycchr.bsky.social letter to Victoria’s Secret is connected to a growing campaign to move Victoria’s Secret after a garment worker’s death in its supply chain. wwd.com/sourcing-jou... @juliesulabor.bsky.social

U.S. labor movement women brought their message to Victoria's Secret's flagship store in downtown Manhattan: "No more secrets, no more lies, Victoria's Secret hit reply!" 1/2 @1199seiu.org @afwa.bsky.social CLUW, NYCOSH

AFWA Sri Lanka Meets Deputy Minister of Labour Hon. Mahinda Jayasinghe to Discuss Implementation of ILO C190

What does it mean for a woman garment worker from Central Java to take the stage at the 114th International Labour Conference (ILC) in Geneva?

On 4 June, women workers, trade unions, and labour rights organisations came together at the 114th International Labour Conference in Geneva for a side event organised by AFWA, APWLD, Global Platform Workers Solidarity Project (GPWSP), Equidem, and Fundación Avina.

The Central Java Agreement extends the global framework of enforceable brand agreements pioneered by women workers in India and Lesotho.

Fanatics and Nike are contractually bound under WRC university licensing agreements to condition business with Ontide on compliance with the Central Java Agreement.

The Agreement establishes worker-appointed Shop Floor Monitors based on the Dindigul model to support reporting, monitoring, and remediation of GBVH.

Union–management GBVH Elimination Committees, with equal representation and a majority of women members, lead the program’s implementation and oversight.

The Agreement prohibits all violence and harassment, as defined by ILO Convention 190, including GBVH that causes physical, psychological, sexual, or economic harm.

WRC investigations found women workers were being touched without consent, subjected to sexual comments, verbal abuse, and pressure to give “gifts” to supervisors.

After years of organizing against gender-based violence and harassment (GBVH), women garment workers in Central Java, Indonesia, negotiated a groundbreaking agreement for gender justice, signed in July 2024. asia.floorwage.org/wp-content/u...

The Year Two Progress Report, led by Cornell’s Global Labor Institute, found “overwhelming evidence that the Dindigul Agreement is meeting the goals for which it was created.” asia.floorwage.org/wp-content/u...

The first-year progress report confirmed that the Dindigul Agreement’s mechanisms to eliminate GBVH were functioning effectively across Eastman’s factories. asia.floorwage.org/wp-content/u...

The Dindigul Agreement is the first enforceable brand agreement in India — and the first globally to cover both garment and textile factories.

The Cornell Global Labor Institute’s independent assessment found overwhelming evidence that the Dindigul Agreement is meeting its goals to eliminate and prevent GBVH. asia.floorwage.org/wp-content/u...

Since implementation, the Dindigul Agreement has built trust, safety and collaboration on the factory floor.

Trained shop floor monitors and biweekly TTCU–management meetings address grievances swiftly. 76% of GBVH cases were resolved within two weeks in 2023. asia.floorwage.org/wp-content/u...

The Dindigul Agreement covers more than 5,000 workers at Natchi Apparel and Eastman Spinning Mills — most are Dalit women, many migrants from neighbouring states.

In April 2022, the Tamil Nadu Textile and Common Labour Union (TTCU), Asia Floor Wage Alliance (AFWA) and Global Labor Justice (GLJ) together won a historic agreement with Eastman Exports to end GBVH at factories in Dindigul, Tamil Nadu. asia.floorwage.org/wp-content/u...

Garment workers created Big Fashion’s profits and deserve justice. They demand repayment of stolen wages and an end to billionaire payouts until workers are paid back.

Big Fashion’s wealth transfer is structural. Corporations cancelled orders to cut costs, then channeled profits to Wall Street through dividends and share buybacks.

In Indonesia, Diah printed the Nike swoosh onto hundreds of gloves a day. Her hours and salary were cut in half. She could no longer afford meat or fish for her family.

AFWA and GLJ document how the wage theft of Asian garment workers directly fuelled high corporate profits for Nike, Levi’s and VF Corp. asia.floorwage.org/wp-content/u...

Millions of Asian garment workers – mostly women – who make clothes for global brands are still owed wages stolen during COVID-19. asia.floorwage.org/fighttheheist

There’s a proven solution: the Safety Engagement for Women Workers (SEWW) framework — grounded in union-led, enforceable brand agreements.

GBVH is a daily reality for millions of women making clothes for major fashion brands. Male supervisors use violence to control women.