Re: garment industry workers organizing in the wake of sexual violence and murder of a co-worker, how women worker organizing can lead to big changes in working conditions, but they don't matter as much as they could when the factory is struggling to get enough orders... the age old story of union shops having a hard time getting contracts and international brands that don't care about the people on the production line, especially when it's women in the global south. How sometimes organizing can have wins that make a big difference but then you get laid off and end up at another shop that is worse...

“There are lots of brands that will not source from a factory where there’s a collective bargaining agreement or a labour management agreement because they think that’s not a good thing [for business],” he says. “Somebody will say: ‘Oh, they can go on strike any time.’”

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jan/14/justice-for-jeyasre-how-a-brutal-led-to-a-better-deal-for-garment-workers-in-india

#sewing #garmentindustry #labourrights

Finally dipping my toes into #DemoFest2025 Started with any band that had songs longer than 10 minutes. Checked out Error804, Egide, Clinical Trials, and Yes, Of Course.

Gotta love a Fall of Efrafa-esque 17 minuter (Egide!). Am biased but also loved YES, OF COURSE WE ACHE TO SEE ISRAEL DISMANTLED BY A MASS INTERNATIONALIST FORCE UNDER THE BANNER OF TRANSFEMINIST LIBERTARIAN COMMUNISM whose track is called "but we will still celebrate an end to genocide no matter how it comes". Kudos to them for cramming a whole political position into a fully instrumental project!

Next up is 5-10 minute long songs! Will try and keep posting my faves.