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The Stone Is In Our Hands, Now We Take The Shot
Above photo: Mary Hill (left) and Rev. Ryan Brown (right), the president of Carolina Amazonians United for Solidarity & Empowerment or CAUSE, holding their signed union cards in September 2024. CAUSE. A historic union election gets underway this week at an Amazon warehouse in Garner, North Carolina. The president of Carolina Amazonians United for Solidarity & Empowerment (CAUSE) describes the importance of the vote for workers at the RDU1 facility and across the South.
The True Price of Sportswear — The Dial
Mathabo shuffled toward the front of the cavernous factory. It was 5 p.m., and she had just clocked out of her job in quality control for Precious Garments, a factory in Maseru, Lesotho, that makes athletic apparel for Reebok and other international brands. As she stood in line, waiting to reach the exit, her body tensed involuntarily. At the door, Mathabo wordlessly hiked her shirt up and lowered her pants.
A Hotline Garment Workers Can Call When They Face Harassment On The Job
Above Photo: Shutterstock. When Women Who Sew Clothes For Famous Brands Are Harassed, There Is A New Place For Them To Turn. Maseru, Lesotho - When Nthabiseng Moshoeshoe’s supervisor told her he loved her, they were alone in a room where they both worked at a blue jeans factory in Maseru, the capital of Lesotho, she says. It was early 2021. She was emptying the garbage.
A Hotline Garment Workers Can Call When They Face Harassment on the Job
MASERU, LESOTHO — When Nthabiseng Moshoeshoe’s supervisor told her he loved her, they were alone in a room where they both worked at a blue jeans factory in Maseru, the capital of Lesotho, she says. It was early 2021. She was emptying the garbage. He said she was beautiful, that he wanted to be with her, says Moshoeshoe, who is going by a pseudonym to protect her safety and job security. “Let’s keep this professional,” she remembers telling him back.
MASERU, Lesotho (AP) - Vekile Sesha stood outside the rusted gates of a garment factory in the industrial district of Lesotho's capital, Maseru, willing her luck to change. Four months earlier, the blue jeans factory where she worked nearby abruptly shut, blaming plummeting demand from the Western brands it supplied amid the pandemic.
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