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  • Croatian Government and Olymp Held Responsible for Orljava Crisis

    Yesterday at 11 a.m., the new union organized a gathering of Orljava workers and a press conference. Over 50 former Orljava workers gathered and carried banners with messages: “We want severance pay”, “Government of the Republic of Croatia and Olympe, pay severance pay”, “We want…

  • Novi sindikat Demands Unpaid Severance Pay for Orljava Workers

    We are also looking for the involvement of the Government of the Republic of Croatia in the case of the Orljava factory. Since it is obvious from the actions of the Government of the Republic of Croatia that it has no intention of supporting the…

  • Orljava Workers Win Severance Pay

    After 18 months of fighting, campaigning with the Clean Clothes Campaign international network, and numerous meetings, press conferences, and protests, Orljava workers have won their severance pay. At its session on March 2, the Croatian Government made a formal decision to pay severance to 237…

  • Novi Sindikat Announces Protests: Revija Workers Demand Unpaid Wages

    Former employees of the Šibenik textile factory Revija are not giving up on their claims for unpaid salaries and severance pay. Representatives of Novi sindikat announced in Šibenik on Tuesday that workers will protest at St. Mark’s Square in Zagreb this September if the Government…

  • Improving Conditions in the Textile Industry through Cooperation between Civil Society and Trade Unions

    Debts and layoffs of workers in the textile industry, along with exerting pressure on fashion brands, were the main topics of the meeting of the Croatian-Bosnian coalition of the international network Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC), held last weekend (September 1 and 2) in Teslić, Bosnia…

  • Support for Textile Workers in Sri Lanka

    About 300 members of the Free Trade Zone and General Services Employees Union (FTZ & GSEU) at the Sumithra Hasalaka plant in Colombo, Sri Lanka, have been on strike since Saturday, February 10, 2024. After factory management physically attacked and attempted to prevent union members…

  • Dignity at Work Day Marked for the First Time in Croatia

    This year, the Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC), an international network fighting for the rights of textile workers, is marking Living Wage Day for the first time. CCC members are organizing actions in more than 30 countries, and the global action in Croatia is joined by…

  • Mr. Prime Minister, the Workers are Still Waiting!

    Below is the letter we sent today to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Croatia, Andrej Plenković: Dear president of the Republic of Croatia, We are addressing you once again to urgently suggest a new meeting between representatives of the former employees of the…

MANUALS

Artifical intelligence guide for unions
Trade Union Handbook of Novi Sindikat
We Have One Planet – A Brochure on Just Transition
Working Conditions in the Croatian Textile Industry – Brochure
Info Leaflet: Workers Need a Living Wage
O prijedlogu EU zakona za zaustavljanje korporativne odgovornosti
On the Proposed EU Law to Weaken Corporate Accountability
Drugačija plaća je moguća - brošura Clean Clothes kampanje o dostojanstvenoj plaći
A Different Wage Is Possible – A Clean Clothes Campaign Brochure on Living Wages
Drugačija plaća je moguća - brošura Clean Clothes kampanje o dostojanstvenoj plaći
A Living Wage Is Possible – A Brochure with Statements from Advocates for a Living Wage

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Clean Cloths campaign Collective Agreement Deminers EU Directive Living Wage Orljava Platform Workers Project Revija Šibenik Seasonal Workers Textile Industry Wage Increase Wood Industry Workers’ Strike Zagreb Holding

Video

The Clean Clothes Campaign presents the short film “A Living Wage”, which shows how one of our fundamental human rights—the right to a living wage—is violated every day in the fashion industry.
What is a living wage? Why is it important to emphasize the difference between a living wage and a minimum wage? Did you know that in the countries of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe, the minimum wage on average reaches only a quarter of the estimated living wage? What does this fact tell us, if not that workers are not paid enough to provide a decent life for their families?