Fighting Back Big Fashion

Behind Thinking Threads is Tena: a fashion activist, communication and marketing specialist, and one of directors of Fashion Revolution Belgium. Based in Brussels, she organises events, communication and marketing specialist, and one of directors of Fashion Revolution Belgium.

Thinking Threads

Debate + action + networking| 
Join to learn about ongoing cases of garment workers fighting for their rights and leave with concrete action

MIR Concept Coffee Store ️ Place Jourdan (Etterbeek) 1040 Brussels

We make the fashion industry just and sustainable for everyone. It starts with us supporting the workers! On 17 June, we are taking that step together! We will start the evening with a debate led by Mario Iveković, union leader from Croatia and Sanna Abdessalem, coordinator at achACT, Clean Clothes Campaign in French-speaking Belgium. The debate will be moderated by the Brussels-based fashion activist, Tena/Thinking Threads.Here is what we will talk about:Garment workers are struggling worldwide across the fashion supply chains. Through collective action and unions, they are resisting the systems of explotation and demanding their rights. This is currently the case for 28 former workers of Benetton in Croatia. They are demanding the money they are owed after their dismissal. Mario Iveković, from Novi Sindikat (Croatian union), will present the case and ways to support it.Starting with this case, we will also explore what a fashion system can look like when we centre the dignity of workers and the restoration of our planet. This shift won't happen overnight. It will take a combination of short-term reforms and long-term systems transformation. The Clean Clothes Campaign network and its allies have just published a Manifesto that can guide us towards this. Sanna Abdessalem from achACT will present it and help us understand how to get involved.After the debate, we will have a moment for collective action, followed by drinks and networking.The entrance is free, but the places are limited!

Agenda

Doors open

Debate with Mario Iveković (Novi Sindikat) and Sanna Abdessalem (achACT)

Action and networking

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