Tom's Bath Half (2023) for Labour Behind the Label
Thomas Carr is raising money for Labour Behind the Label
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I'm running for Labour Behind the Label in the Bath Half Marathon 15th October 2023, and I'm pledging to help them raise funds to support the important work they do.
Who Are Labour Behind the Label?
The garment industry turns over almost $3 Trillion a year. Yet garment workers, 80% of them women, work for poverty pay, earning as little as £68 a month. Human rights abuses are systemic throughout the industry. Poverty wages, long hours, forced overtime, unsafe working conditions, sexual, physical and verbal abuse, repression of trade union rights and short term contracts are all commonplace in the clothing industry. It is an industry built on exploitation and growing under a lack of transparency that makes holding brands accountable difficult. We are dedicated to changing this.
Labour Behind the Label helps to give a voice to garment workers in global fashion supply chains and is campaigning to improve the lives and working conditions of so many vulnerable to human and labour rights abuses.
In its current outfit, the fashion industry is unsustainablehe - the workers who make our clothes deserve a fairer cut. Please join me in supporting such an important cause, and consider donating to my JustGiving. This is my first half marathon event and I'd be incredibly grateful for the support.
Friends and family will know that this is something I've been passionate about for years. Thank you for your continued support. For updates check my instagram @rundesgarcon.