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Fashioning a Just Transition Manifesto

Fashioning a Just Transition Manifesto
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The Manifesto, co-developed by young people, workers, Clean Clothes Campaign and allies, sets out core principles that act as guiding stars for a Just Transition to a renewed future of fashion that values people and restores nature, not one that exploits both for profit.
1 May 2026

Imagine a fashion industry that puts people before profit. One that meets real needs without exploiting workers or harming the environment. This future is within reach, but only if we act together to defend the right to a decent life and a sustainable future for all.

On May 1st, International Workers' Day, more than 230 associations and trade unions across 43 countries unite to launch the “Fashioning a Just Transition Manifesto” bringing together the voices of workers, young people and allies to shape a fairer future for the sector. 

This initiative is led by the global Clean Clothes Campaign network, represented in Belgium by achACT and Schone Kleren Campagne.

 

✍️ Read the full Manifesto and pledge your support to our work on Just Transition here

 

Signatories

  • ZIKOMO Verein zur Förderung afrikanischer Student:innen in ihren Heimatländern, Austria
  • Zero Waste Europe, Belgium
  • Zero Waste Belgium, Belgium
  • Zero Waste Austria – Verein zur Schonung von Ressourcen, Austria
  • Yaung Chi Oo Workers Association, Thailand
  • WSM, Belgium
  • Worker's Front (Radnička fronta), Croatia
  • Women's Centre, Sri Lanka
  • Women is Struggle for Employment, Empowerment and Emancipation, Philippines
  • Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO), United Kingdom
  • WIDE - Network for Women´s Rights and Feminist Perspectives in Development, Austria
  • WH4C - Workers Hub For Change, Malaysia
  • Weltweitwandern Wirkt!, Austria
  • Weltladen Graz, Austria
  • Weltladen Dachverband (Association of Worldshops), Germany
  • Weltladen Bremen, Germany
  • Welthaus Diözese Graz-Seckau, Austria
  • Welthaus der Diözese Linz, Austria
  • Weltblick Greifswald, Germany
  • War on Want, United Kingdom
  • ViA: Forum for Sustainable Visions in Action, Austria
  • Unicheunite APS, Italy
  • UILTEC UIL, Italy
  • Uganda Textiles Garments Leather and Allied Workers Union, Uganda
  • Traperos Emaus Nafarroa, Spain
  • Trama Plaza, Italy
  • Trade Union Rights Centre, Indonesia
  • Tierra – Eine Welt, Germany
  • The Circle, United Kingdom
  • The Bridge, Belgium
  • TENAGANITA, Malaysia
  • Temiz Giysi Kampanyası Türkiye
  • TAKT - Together Advancing Common Trust, North Macedonia
  • SÜDWIND Institute, Germany
  • Südwind - Verein für Entwicklungspolitik und globale Gerechtigkeit, Austria
  • SUDD Cobas, Italy
  • Students for International Labor Solidarity (SILS), United States
  • Stiftung Asienhaus, Germany
  • SPN, Indonesia
  • Spazio 126, Italy
  • Solsoc, Belgium
  • Solidar Austria, Austria
  • Social Awareness and Voluntary Education, India
  • Setem País Valencià, Spain
  • SETEM Navarra-Nafarroa, Spain
  • SETEM MCM, Spain
  • SETEM Hego Haizea, Spain
  • SETEM Catalunya, Spain
  • SETEM Andalucía, Spain
  • SETCA-BBTK Fédéral, Belgium
  • Scomodo, Italy
  • Schone Kleren Campagne, Netherlands
  • Schone Kleren Campagne Belgium, Belgium
  • Savez za djecu i mlade – KUĆA, Montenegro
  • sandoswap, Italy
  • ROZA-Association for Women’s Labor Rights, Serbia
  • Romero Initiative (CIR), Germany
  • Réseau Idée, Belgium
  • rén collective, Italy
  • Regionalni industrijski sindikat, Croatia
  • Regional Group Stuttgart, Clean Clothes Campaign Germany, Germany
  • Regional Group Hamburg, Clean Clothes Campaign Germany, Germany
  • Regional Group Bremen, Clean Clothes Campaign Germany, Germany
  • Regional Group Berlin, Clean Clothes Campaign Germany, Germany
  • Re:people Center for society and technology, Serbia
  • Rauhankasvatusinstituutti ry, Finland
  • Public Eye, Switzerland
  • Polekol, Serbia
  • Partners for Dignity and Rights, United States
  • Oxfam Italia, Italy
  • Oxfam France, France
  • Oxfam Belgium, Belgium
  • Open Gate/La Strada, North Macedonia
  • One World Regional Network Mecklenburg-Vorpommern / Fairtrade Town Rostock, Germany
  • Oltre spazio aperto e solidale, Italy
  • Ökumenewerk der Nordkirche (Northern Church Centre for Ecumenical Relations), Germany
  • OGF - Austrian Family Planning Association, Austria
  • ÖGB Steiermark (Austrian Federation of Trade Unions, Styria), Austria
  • OEW-Organisation für Eine solidarische Welt EO // Organizzazione per Un mondo solidale ODV, Italy
  • Novi Sindikat, Croatia
  • NaZemi, Czechia
  • National Trade Union Federation, Pakistan (NTUF), Pakistan
  • Movimento Consumatori APS, Italy
  • MoVe iT Graz, Austria
  • Migrant Forum in Asia, Philippines
  • Maquiladora Health & Safety Support Network, United Stated
  • Maquila Solidarity Network, Canada
  • MAP Foundation, Thailand
  • Mai bine, Romania
  • Macedonian Young Lawyers Association, North Macedonia
  • LOGO jugendmanagement gemeinnützige gmbh, Austria
  • LICEULICE, Serbia
  • Les Amis de la Terre - Belgique asbl, Belgium
  • LAUDATO SI' NAVARRA, Spain
  • LaCoordi - Coordinadora pel Comerç Just i les Finances Ètiques, Spain
  • Labour Education Foundation, Pakistan
  • Labour Behind the Label, United Kingdom
  • La Trame ASBL, Belgium
  • La Terza Piuma, Italy
  • LA TENDA DE TOT EL MÓN, Spain
  • La Strada International, Netherlands
  • Kostümkollektiv, Germany
  • Korean House for International Solidarity, South Korea
  • KEM Grat², Austria
  • Kabutze, Germany
  • Just Transition Bangladesh Centre (JTBC), Bangladesh
  • Jugend Eine Welt, Austria
  • Jeunes FGTB, Belgium
  • Jeunes CSC, Belgium
  • IT for Change, India
  • Institute for Social Policy Musine Kokalari, Kosovo
  • Institute for Critique and Social Emancipation (ICSE), Albania
  • INKOTA, Germany
  • IFSI-ISVI asbl-vzw, Belgium
  • HopeNow, Denmark
  • HomeNet International
  • Home Based Women Workers Federation (HBWWF), Pakistan
  • HERW!N, Belgium
  • Hej Support - Health and Environment Justice Support, Germany
  • Haine Curate, Romania
  • Guardavanti: per il futuro dei bambini – ETS, Italy
  • Grupo Textil Laudato si San Francisco de Asis, Spain
  • GRESEA, Belgium
  • Grazer Büro für Frieden und Entwicklung, Austria
  • Globelink vzw, Belgium
  • Global Nature Fund, Germany
  • GLOBAL 2000 - Friends of the Earth Austria, Austria
  • Gewerkschaft Erziehung und Wissenschaft (GEW) Trade Union for Education and Research, Germany
  • Gent Fair Trade, Belgium
  • General Federation of Nepalese Trade Unions (GEFONT), Nepal
  • Gender Alliance for Development Center, Albania
  • GELTOKI, Spain
  • Garment Labour Union (GLU), India
  • Garment and Allied Workers’ Union, India
  • FUNDACIÓN MADRE CORAJE, Spain
  • Fundación Isabel Martín, Spain
  • Fridays For Future Italia, Italy
  • Fridays For Future Firenze, Italy
  • Free Trade Zones & General Services Employees Union, Sri Lanka
  • Framtiden i våre hender, Norway
  • FOS, Belgium
  • Forum Tunisien pour les Droits Economiques et Sociaux (FTDES), Tunisia
  • Fondazione Finanza Etica, Italy
  • FNV Winkelstraat, Netherlands
  • Filctem CGIL, Italy
  • FGTB-ABVV, Belgium
  • FGTB – CG, Belgium
  • FemPlatz, Serbia
  • FEMNET, Germany
  • Federacion de Asociaciones de Medicus Mundi, Spain
  • Fashion Revolution Pakistan, Pakistan
  • Fashion Revolution Nigeria, Nigeria
  • Fashion Revolution New Zealand, New Zealand
  • Fashion Revolution Italia, Italy
  • Fashion Revolution Hungary, Hungary
  • Fashion Revolution CZ, Czechia
  • Fashion Revolution Belgium, Belgium
  • Fashion Revolution Austria, Austria
  • Fashion Revolution France, France
  • fairplay-VIDC, Austria
  • FAIR, Italy
  • Fair Trade Advocacy Office, Belgium
  • Fair Action, Sweden
  • Extinction Rebellion, Belgium
  • Ev.- Luth. Frauenwerk Hamburg-West/Südholstein, Germany
  • European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR)
  • Equo Garantito - Assemblea Generale Italiana del Commercio Equo e Solidale, Italy
  • EPN - Development Policy Network Hesse, Germany
  • Entraide & Fraternité, Belgium
  • ENS - Development Policy Network Saxony, Germany
  • Eine Welt Leipzig (One World Leipzig), Germany
  • Eetti, Finland
  • Ecumenical Institute for Labor Education and Research, Philippines
  • écoconso, Belgium
  • drip by drip, Germany
  • Dreikönigsaktion der Katholischen Jungschar
  • DES Varese, Italy
  • deeltwee, Netherlands
  • DEAB – the development policy association in Baden-Württemberg, Germany
  • De Transformisten vzw, Belgium
  • Coordinadora Estatal de Comercio Justo, Spain
  • Coalition of youth organizations SEGA, North Macedonia
  • Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers' Democratic Union, Cambodia
  • CNE-CSC, Belgium
  • CNCD – 11.11.11, Belgium
  • Clothing Loop, Netherlands
  • Clean Clothes Campaign International Office, Netherlands
  • Clean Clothes Campaign Germany, Germany
  • Circular Berlin, Germany
  • CETRI, Belgium
    CHEAP, Italy
    CIDSE, Belgium
  • Centre for the Politics of Emancipation, Serbia
  • Centre for Labour Rights CLR and Mary Word Loreto Foundation, Albania
  • Center of modern Skills, Serbia
  • Center for Trade Union and Human Rights, Philippines
  • Center for Sustainable Development of Serbia, Serbia
  • Center for Democracy Foundation, Serbia
  • Center for Alliance of Labor and Human Rights (CENTRAL), Cambodia
  • Centar za dostojanstven rad - Center for Dignified Work, Serbia
  • CECU, Spain
  • CAST ONG ETS, Italy
  • Cambodian Alliance of Trade Unions (CATU), Cambodia
  • BUNDjugend - Young Friends of the Earth Germany, Germany
  • Broedelijk Delen, Belgium
  • bremen.global, Germany
  • Bremen Information Center for Human Rights and Development, Germany
  • BİRTEK-SEN, Türkiye
  • Bangladesh Center for Workers Solidarity (BCWS), Bangladesh
  • Avansa Limburg, Belgium
  • Avansa Centraal Vlaanderen, Belgium
  • Avansa Brugge, Belgium
  • Attac Österreich, Austria
  • Attac Bremen, Germany
  • ASTRA-Anti trafficking action, Serbia
  • Association "Novi put", Bosnia & Herzegovina
  • Association for social, cultural and creative development ZORA, Bosnia & Herzegovina
  • Associació Vestuari Compartit, Spain
  • Asociacion Kidenda, Spain
  • Arnika z.s., Czechia
  • Arisa, Netherlands
  • Anukatham Unorgansied Worker Union, India
  • Animus Association Foundation, Bulgaria
  • Amis de la Terre France, France
  • Alternative girls center, Serbia
  • Akota Garments Workers Federation (AGWF), Bangladesh
  • Afro-Asiatisches Institut Graz (AAI), Austria
  • ADL COBAS, Italy
  • ACV CSC, Belgium
  • ACV CSC Metea, Belgium
  • ACV Puls, Belgium
  • achACT, Belgium
  • A 11 - Initiative for Economic and Social Rights, Serbia
  • 3WF Hannover – Forum für eine andere Welt (Forum for a different world), Germany

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