Labour Behind the Label

What Labour Behind the Label does

Labour Behind the Label is a UK-registered campaigning charity (company limited by guarantee no. 4173634, charity no. 1159356) founded in 2001 and headquartered in Bristol. It serves as the UK platform of the Clean Clothes Campaign, a coalition of 250+ organisations across 15 European countries, and works to advance garment workers' rights in global fashion supply chains spanning Bangladesh, Pakistan, Cambodia, Turkey, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and the UK. Its primary constituents are garment workers facing poverty wages, unsafe conditions, wage theft, and suppression of trade union organising, while its operational targets are fashion brands and retailers (Boohoo, NEXT, Primark, ASOS, H&M, Zara, Hugo Boss, Amazon) and the policymakers and consumers who influence them.

The organisation's core products are not commercial goods but campaign outputs: investigative reports (Silenced, Hanging on By a Thread, Still Un(der)Paid, Unboxing Marketplace Fashion), educational teaching packs distributed to fashion schools and universities, bi-annual Action Update newsletters, and an online petition and take-action platform. It produces no proprietary technology; its infrastructure is conventional: a WordPress-based website, email newsletter, and social channels (Facebook, X, Instagram, Vimeo). GTM is community-led and event-driven: direct actions (store protests, AGM interventions, walking challenges such as the Dhaka walk), OECD complaints, open letters, and shareholder activism combined with research-driven media coverage.

The business model is donation-funded rather than commercial. Revenue streams comprise individual donations, regular giving, legacies/bequests, fundraising events, and an affiliate programme for supporting organisations. There are no pricing tiers, no enterprise contracts, and no select-customer revenue base. Campaigns operate as the de facto product lines: Just Transition, Living Wage, Transparency, UK Garment Industry, and Corporate Accountability, each anchored by a named lead within a 1-10 person staff. Documented outcomes include an $8.3 million severance settlement for Thai Brilliant Alliance workers and $1.8 million in compensation for 2,800 Indonesian workers at the PT Kizone supplier to adidas, evidencing the campaign model produces material, quantifiable results.

Name

Labour Behind the Label

Legal name

Labour Behind the Label

Website

https://labourbehindthelabel.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Bristol

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations

Revenue model

1. Charitable donations and grants: Labour Behind the Label receives funding through individual donations, regular giving programs, fundraising activities, and bequests/legacies. The organization is a registered charity (number 1159356) and is funded by charitable activities through the Labour Behind the Label Trust.
2. Affiliates and supporters: The organization has an affiliate program for organizations and individuals who support their mission, providing a network of partner organizations in the Clean Clothes Campaign.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Labour Behind the Label is a UK-based campaigning charity that advocates for garment workers' rights in global fashion supply chains. The organization produces investigative reports, runs public awareness campaigns, files OECD complaints against brands, organizes protests and AGM interventions, and provides educational resources for students and consumers. It operates as the UK national platform of the Clean Clothes Campaign network of 250+ organizations across 15 European countries.

Product overview

Labour Behind the Label is a campaigning NGO that operates as a unified advocacy organization rather than a software product company. The organization offers campaigning services, publishes research reports and educational resources, and runs action platforms for supporters. Key offerings include reports on labour rights violations, educational teaching packs (Fair's Fair, Step into her trainers), bi-annual Action Updates newsletters, blog articles, press releases, and online petition tools. Campaign focus areas include Just Transition, Living Wage, Transparency, UK Garment Industry, and Corporate Accountability.

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Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Campaigning and Advocacy Services Core advocacy work targeting garment workers' rights worldwide through awareness raising, research, lobbying, and direct action campaigns aimed at pressuring fashion brands and policymakers.
• Reports and Research Publications Published investigative reports and guides documenting labour rights violations, auditing failures, wage theft, and factory safety issues in the global fashion industry, including 'Silenced', 'Hanging on By a Thread', 'Still Un(der)Paid', and 'Unboxing Marketplace Fashion'.
• Online Petition and Take Action Platform Digital platform where supporters can sign petitions, send emails to decision makers, and take specific actions to support garment worker demands.
• Education Resources and Teaching Packs Educational materials including 'Fair's Fair Teaching Pack', 'Step into Her Trainers', 'Stitching Our Shoes', and the 'Fashion Facts 2025' fact sheet designed for fashion students, teachers, and educators.

Quantifiable outcome

• Thai workers from Brilliant Alliance factory won $8.3 million in landmark severance settlement
• +1 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Trades Union Congress (TUC)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 October 2019Joint letter with TUC to UK Foreign Office criticizing unconditional post-Brexit trade deal with Cambodia that undermines human rights protections. Both organizations represent worker interests in international trade.
• Clean Clothes CampaigncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLabour Behind the Label is the official UK platform/affiliate of the Clean Clothes Campaign, a coalition working to improve conditions and support empowerment of workers in the global garment industry. The CCC has national campaigns in 15 European countries with a network of 250 organizations worldwide.
• Rana Plaza Solidarity CollectivecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerA collective of organizations including Labour Behind the Label, War on Want, No Sweat, Oh So Ethical, and others working to commemorate Rana Plaza victims and call on brands to sign the International Accord on Health and Safety.
• ShareActionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint statement with ShareAction calling on NEXT plc to honour supply chain sustainability commitments and ensure workers' rights are protected, particularly regarding living wages and pandemic impacts.
• Change Your Shoes campaignminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership on the 'How To Do Better' report exploring better practices within the footwear industry, published jointly with the Change Your Shoes campaign.
• Global Rights Compliance (GRC)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization hosting the programme 'Promoting and Advancing International Labor Rights in Pakistan' in collaboration with Labour Education Foundation, PILER, NTUF, and HBWWF.
• Labour Education Foundation (LEF)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPakistan-based partner organization in the programme 'Promoting and Advancing International Labor Rights in Pakistan' alongside GRC, PILER, NTUF, and HBWWF.
• Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research (PILER)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPakistan-based partner organization in the programme 'Promoting and Advancing International Labor Rights in Pakistan' alongside GRC, LEF, NTUF, and HBWWF.
• National Trade Union Federation Pakistan (NTUF)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPakistan trade union federation partner in the programme 'Promoting and Advancing International Labor Rights in Pakistan' alongside GRC, LEF, PILER, and HBWWF.
• Home 2 Based Women Workers Federation (HBWWF)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPakistan-based women workers' federation partner in the programme 'Promoting and Advancing International Labor Rights in Pakistan' alongside GRC, LEF, PILER, and NTUF.
• Extinction Rebellion Fashion Action (XRFA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGrassroots climate activism group partnering with Labour Behind the Label on Black Friday protests against fast fashion brands, combining climate and labour rights concerns.
• Usdaw (Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUK retail trade union representing Boohoo warehouse and call centre workers in Burnley, partnering on Black Friday protests and calling for Boohoo to recognize the union.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Emerging players

• ShareAction: UK responsible-investment NGO named as a Labour Behind the Label partner in the joint NEXT plc statement. Comparable in using investor and shareholder channels to push companies on labour and ESG practices, but with a broader mandate beyond fashion.

Direct peers

• Remake: US-based fashion advocacy organization campaigning on garment-worker rights, climate, and overconsumption. Comparable consumer-mobilization and brand-accountability toolkit; provides a geographic-counterpart peer to Labour Behind the Label's UK base.
• Better Work (ILO/IFC): Joint ILO–IFC programme improving working conditions in garment supply chains across dozens of sourcing countries. Comparable country footprint and worker-condition remit, but operates through factory-level training and assessment rather than public campaigning.
• Fair Wear Foundation: Multi-stakeholder organization working with brands, factories, workers, and trade unions to improve garment-industry conditions. Compares on industry focus and worker-rights mission, but uses brand-membership and audit-based accountability rather than confrontational campaigning.
• Worker Rights Consortium: Independent labour-rights monitoring organization focused on US university licensee supply chains. Comparable factory-investigation and brand-accountability remit, but with a different strategic lever (university licensing agreements) rather than consumer protest.
• Fashion Revolution: Global fashion-industry activism organization campaigning for transparency, worker rights, and supply-chain reform. Comparable audience (fashion consumers, students, brands) and overlapping campaigns (living wage, transparency, Rana Plaza commemoration), but with a stronger consumer-mobilization focus than Labour Behind the Label.
• No Sweat: UK-based garment-worker solidarity organization also part of the Rana Plaza Solidarity Collective. Campaigns on sweatshop labour, living wages, and brand accountability using education, direct action, and solidarity union-building — a tightly overlapping model.
• Clean Clothes Campaign: International coalition of which Labour Behind the Label is the UK platform. Operates the same garment-worker advocacy model across 15 European countries with a 250+ organization network; functionally the parent/peer relationship is the closest comparable organization to Labour Behind the Label.
• War on Want: UK-based charity explicitly named as a Labour Behind the Label partner in the Rana Plaza Solidarity Collective. Campaigns on garment-worker rights and broader worker exploitation in global supply chains from a UK base, making mission and geography directly comparable.

Broad incumbents

• Amnesty International: Global human-rights organization whose work intersects with garment-worker rights (e.g., Bangladesh factory safety advocacy post-Rana Plaza). Compares on human-rights mission and use of corporate accountability mechanisms, but operates at vastly greater scale across all industries.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/labourbehindthelabel
• Instagraminstagram.com/labourbehindthelabel
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/labour-behind-the-label

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Profiles7 records

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