Sophie Chen, Patricia Tse, Kiki Yeung, Monina Wong.

The SOAS Labour Movement Research Cluster is proud to be chairing the Garment Workers Fight Back China Activist Tour UK organised by War on Want on 26 July 2016. Hong Kong-based labour-orientated NGOs such as Students and Scholars Against Corporate Misbehaviour (SACOM) and Worker Empowerment have worked hard to expose the impunity enjoyed by fashion brands. They have made an important and unique contribution to the labour movement emerging from the factory floors of China.

At the event, an all-woman panel will be calling for supply chain transparency and urging international solidarity in joining the campaign for brands to make their factory suppliers public.

Sophie Chen, Students and Scholars against Corporate Misbehaviour (SACOM). SACOM began as a students’ movement which has developed into a campaign group monitoring international corporates’ practice in mainland China. SACOM conducts undercover factory investigations and advocacy of labour rights in the garment, electronics, and toy industries, campaigning against global brands including Disney, Apple and UNIQLO.

Patricia Tse, Worker Empowerment (WE) creates labour education materials, conducts research and supports campaigns in Shenzhen and Huizhou. WE has gained rich experience on labour education over the past six years - essential to strengthening the labour movement.

Kiki Yeung, Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (HKCTU). HKCTU is a trade union confederation representing 190,000 members and plays a key role in supporting workers rights in mainland China, where independent trade unions are banned.

Monina Wong is from the The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) based in Brussels and has worked as part of the labour movement in Hong Kong for over 15 years.

Speaker(s):

Sophie Chen, Patricia Tse, Kiki Yeung, Monina Wong

Event Date:

26 July 2016

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