WARDROBE CRISIS with Clare Press
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"I was a garment worker. I know how the system works." - Beth Macpherson on Empowering Fashion Workers through Ethical Clothing Australia
September 25, 2026 · 51 min"Oh, but we buy Australian-made. Exploitation is something that happens elsewhere!" Time to bust that myth, says this week's guest, Australian union organiser - and former garment worker - Beth Macpherson. In this warm and enlightening…
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Hope in Times of Oppression with Khalid Mahmood from Pakistan's Labour Education Foundation
August 28, 2026 · 46 minOn the surface this is our first episode on the textile, clothing and footwear industry in Pakistan. The industry is major player in the country’s economy, contributing significantly to exports and employing more than half of its…
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Who Made Your Clothes? Cambodia Edition
August 21, 2026 · 37 minH&M, Inditex, Adidas, Gap... Some of the world's most famous apparel brands source from Cambodia, where 1 million people are employed by the garment, footwear and travel goods industry. Low-paid work, work in the informal economy, even…
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Happy 20th Birthday Copenhagen Fashion Week! A catchup with Cecilie Thorsmark
August 6, 2026 · 26 minAll fashion eyes on the Danish Capital! We interrupt our series on workers’ rights to bring you this warm and lovely chat between friends. I have been on the sustainability advisory board of Copenhagen Fashion Week since 2019, and it’s by…
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How Ethical are My Sneakers? Niki Gamara on Speaking Out for Workers
July 16, 2026 · 35 minHow much do we really know about how our clothes and shoes are made? Or even where? While the latter is routinely included on care labels, that’s often the end of the story, at least the one the brands want to tell you. Despite years of…
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Distressed Denim - Why Four Dutch Consumers Want to Take Levi's to Court
July 8, 2026 · 51 minThere's a long history of exploitation in the denim supply chain, as our first guest this week, Bego Demir, can attest. He developed incurable silicosis in the 2000s as a result of his sandblasting job in a Turkish factory producing jeans…
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How to Make Fashion Fair - Johnson Yeung from Clean Clothes Campaign
June 27, 2026 · 53 minWhat are the biggest issues facing garment workers globally today? How can we most effectively advocate for them if we've never walked in their shoes? What do we mean by solidarity, and how does that work in action? Is the compliance and…
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Christina Clausen on Unions, Workers' Rights and the New Industrial Revolution
June 17, 2026 · 42 minWelcome to the first episode of our new series all about workers' rights. My guest this week is Christina Hajagos-Clausen who is the IndustriALL Global Union’s director for the Textile, Garment, Shoe and Leather Sector. Our interview was…