Following Up From Our Meeting with Bectu - Why Fashion Needs A Union. By @fashionassistants. The Voice Behind The Anonymous Instagram Page Highlighting Systemic Abuses In The Fashion Industry.

We are working with BECTU to find a way to create a sector for creatives just like you and me. The assistants and freelancers in fashion, make up, hair, PR, the works! If this goes ahead (we need your support and there’s been quite the case of people showing support but not actually turning up) it would cost £10 p/month (same as Netflix and Spotify) and once you’re a member you can pay £38 for the year (April to April) to get full public liability insurance. If we started a space or means of contact which would allow us to share our expected day rates, warn anyone we needed to or advise each other where necessary then the constant problems we find ourselves facing could hopefully decrease and, who knows, maybe one day disappear.

Policy engagementTamara CincikMarch 5, 2019fashion assistants, union, BECTU, fashion insiders, fashion industry, Spencer Macdonald, Jane Perry, Prospect Union, APA, fashion roundtable, #areyourepresented, in work abuse, gender based abuse, sexual abuse, non payment, assistants

Gender Based Abuse In The Garment Industry Revelations. By Lottie Jackson

Jennifer Rosenbaum, US director of Global Labour Justice, said: "We must understand gender-based violence as an outcome of the global supply chain structure. H&M and Gap's fast fashion supply chain model creates unreasonable production targets and underbid contracts, resulting in women working unpaid overtime and working very fast under extreme pressure."

Tamara CincikJune 5, 2018gender based abuse, garment industry, Gap, H&M, Public Affairs, Global Labour Justice, Work place harrassment, Lottie Jackson

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