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  • 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…

  • Novi Sindikat calls out the Government over unpaid Wages for Revija and Plobest Workers

    Yesterday, December 10, 2024, at 11 a.m., we held a press conference in front of the Parliament entrance (Ilica 256B). During the conference, we publicly called on the Government of the Republic of Croatia and the competent ministers to resolve the issue of bankruptcy claims…

  • Message to Textile Workers: Combat Unions Can Protect Your Rights

    On Wednesday, December 11, at 6 p.m., the Park Boutique Hotel in Varaždin hosted a panel discussion organized by the Regional Industrial Union titled: “How to Achieve Higher Wages in the Textile Industry.” Although there is a common perception that the textile industry in Croatia…

  • Restructuring the Benetton Empire: Responsibility knows no borders

    Through his research “United colors of money,” journalist Salvatore Gulisano digs behind the glittering image of one of Italy’s most powerful brands, reconstructing the non-transparent dynamics running through the Benetton Empire. The new Union participated in the production of the show about Benetton, as well…

  • Clean Clothes Campaign Meeting in Vienna

    Last week, we attended the Semi-Annual Meeting of the international Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC) network in Vienna. The meeting was hosted by the Austrian CCC branch, Südwind, and organized as part of the ‘Fashioning a Just Transition’ project, in which Novi sindikat is an active…

  • The tragedy at Rana Plaza

    Twelve years since Rana Plaza: Remembering and continuing the fight Twelve years ago today, the Rana Plaza factory complex in Dhaka, Bangladesh, collapsed, killing at least 1,138 people and injuring thousands more. The day before the disaster, large cracks had been discovered in the building.…

  • Call to Textile Workers: Complete the Working Conditions Questionnaire

    Novi sindikat has a long-standing commitment to improving working conditions within the textile industry. Following our first extensive research in 2019 as part of the international Clean Clothes Campaign network—which resulted in the publication of the Country profile: Croatia —we are now launching a follow-up…

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?