BCWS in the News
International media:
- For One Woman, Defending The Rights Of Garment Workers Is The Fight Of Her Life in VOGUE, 08 March 2022 by Zoe Beaty
- Fashion’s $16 Billion Debt To Garment Workers Should Spark Reform, Not Sympathy in Forbes, 13 October 2020
- Sustainability event focus of garment worker wage campaign in Just Style, 12 October 2020
- Clean Clothes Campaign COVID-19 Posts in Clean Clothes Campaign Facebook Page, 2 October 2020
- Clean Clothes Campaign Facebook Page JCPenney, #PayUp! Posts in Clean Clothes Campaign , 1 July 2020
- Clean Clothes Campaign Facebook Page #PayUp! Posts in Clean Clothes Campaign , 30 June 2020
- Clean Clothes Campaign Facebook Page LEVI'S, #Time to #PayUp! Posts in Clean Clothes Campaign , 30 June 2020
- Pay Your Workers in Clean Clothes Campaign
- COVID-19 IN BANGLADESH | What the pandemic means for the women who make our clothes in OxfamCanada, 24 April 2020
- Coronavirus at the Bottom of the Supply Chain in The Nation, 23 April 2020
- Worker leaders to launch global campaign against buyers. in Buisiness Mirror, 13 April 2020
- Job cut fears as fashion brands slash orders in Bangladesh with coronavirus in REUTER, 20 March 2020
- Fashion to Die For in Business of Fashion, 13 September 2018
- La moda rápida mata, Pikara, 24 May 2018
- BLIJF Made in Bangladesh Kopen, BehindMyCloset, 29 April 2018
- “ Die Katastrophe von Rana Plaza hätte verhindert werden können “, Handelsblatt, 27 April 2018
- “No pido el boicot a las marcas, sino un consumo responsable”, El Pais, 24 April 2018
- “Galde ezazue dendetan ea zein baldintzatan fabrikatu zen arropa”, Factoria de Valores, 23 April 2018
- Kalpona Akter: «Nous demandons une prise de conscience internationale, pour pouvoir travailler dignement» 50-50 magazine, 19 April 2018
- Kalpona Akter sindikalistaren hitzaldia antolatu dute Bilbon, Uriola, 4 April 2018
- Loonsverhoging helpt Bengalese textielarbeiders niet vooruit, Apache, 4 April 2018
- 'Some kids are not orphans because of this': how unions are keeping workers safe, The Guardian, 8 November 2017
- Beyond Rana Plaza, Wardrobe Crisis podcast, July 2017
- Interview with Kalpona Akter, Bangladeshi labor activist fights for safety at Garment Factories, SBS Australia, 1 April 2017
- ‘Keep buying clothes made in Bangladesh, but ask questions’, News.com.Au, 31 March 2017
- How your bad shopping choices affect my loved ones in Bangladesh, The Sydney Morning Herald, 23 March 2017
- The Conditions at Bangladeshi Apparel Factories Are Still Horrible. What Happens to Workers Who Speak Up Might Be Worse, Slate, 3 February 2017
- Three years on from Rana Plaza disaster and little improvement in transparency or worker conditions, The Conversation, 22 April 2016
- WorldLink: Q&A with Kalpona Akter, Deutsche Welle, 2016
- Bangladesh labor leader arrested during Rana Plaza protest in New Jersey, The Guardian, 15 March 2015
- Standing Against Abuse in the Garment Industry, UTNE, September 2015
- Creating justice for Bangladeshi garment workers with pressure not boycotts, The Conversation, 25 April 2015
- Bangladesh factory disaster forces West to think about high cost of cheap clothes, The Irish Times, 28 December 2013
- Bangladesh garment workers need union advocacy, says Ms. Kalpona Akter, Women News Network, 16 December 2013
- Bangladeshi garment workers fight back, The Nation, 15 November 2013
- Striking Workers, Bangladeshi Activist Challenge Wal-Mart on Labor Conditions at Stores & Factories, Democracy Now, 11 June 2013
- What It's Like To Work In A Bangladeshi Factory, NPR, 11 May 2013
- Bangladeshi Labor Activist Kalpona Akter Fights for Safety at Garment Factories, PRI, 30 April 2013
- Survivor of Bangladesh’s Tazreen Factory Fire Urges U.S. Retailers to Stop Blocking Worker Safety, Democracy Now, 25 April 2013
- Bangladeshi Labor Activist Finds Burned Clothes with Wal-Mart Labels at Site of Deadly Factory Fire, Democracy Now, 27 November 2012
- Kalpona Akter calls on Wal-Mart shareholders to stand up for garment workers internationally, Social Alterations, 6 May 2011
- Bangladesh Labour Organisation Harassed by Government, Clean Clothes Campaign, 28 July 2010
Bangladesh media:
- Budget for 2021-22: Pressing issues left unaddressed in The Daily Star, 13 June 2021
- RMG Fire and Building Safety: Brands off the hook from today in The Daily Star, 31 May 2021
- Fire and Building Safety in Rmg Sector: Brands yet to agree to renew accord in The Daily Star, 23 April 2021
- প্রায় ১০ হাজার পোশাকশ্রমিক ছাঁটাইয়ের শিকার, দাবি ৩ সংগঠনের in দৈনিক প্রথমআলো, 16 April 2020
- All Talk and No Action?, The Daily Star, 20 April 2018
- Aminul murder: ‘Who is so powerful that they killed Aminul — yet are still untouchable?’ Dhaka Tribune, 19 April 2018
- Fourth Anniversary of the Rana Plaza Collapse: Where do we stand?, The Daily Star, 24 April 2017
- Bangladeshi labour rights activist Kalpona Akter wins award, Dhaka Tribune, 1 September 2016