Clean Clothes Campaign is dedicating this year’s International Labor Day to the hundreds of thousands of workers who produce garments for H&M. They are waiting for the brand to stop turning its back on the commitment that living wages would become a reality by 2018. Starting on May 1 and continuing throughout 2018, Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC) is placing the spotlight on H&M.

The brand’s public commitment to ensure workers receive living wages, and the associated roadmap, received a lot of positive media coverage in 2013, along with cheers from countless consumers who care about sustainable fashion.

However, the roadmap failed to state a living wage benchmark, among other issues. More than four years after H&M published the roadmap, hundreds of thousands of workers producing H&M’s garments are still not receiving living wages. Together with the International Labor Rights Forum and other international partners, Clean Clothes Campaign will be making sure throughout the year that consumers are aware of H&M’s 2013 living wage commitment, of the brand’s ability to fulfill it, and of the current practice: stocking shelves on the backs of workers who have to constantly worry about how they will feed their families, keep a roof over their head, send their children to school, pay for doctors' visits and cover other basic needs.