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Karl-Johan Persson, Chief Executive Officer and President, and all shareholders at H&M, Folksam, Nordea, Storebrand, Swedbank, Alecta and Erling-Persson Family Foundation

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As your current and potential customers we demand that you pay living wages and guarantee fair employment conditions in the whole H&M supply chain - without delay. Doing this would improve the lives of the hundreds of thousands of people who make our clothes every day.

Why is this important?

Five years ago H&M committed to paying living wages to textile workers in their supply chain by 2018. [1] Time is running out and workers are still dependent on wages that are far from sufficient.

Without a living wage, workers may be compelled to work excessive hours or multiple jobs just to make ends meet. [2] Some might put their children to work instead of in school. Hundreds of thousands of workers behind H&M's products are still earning poverty wages and working in poor conditions.

If enough of us, their customer base, come together and speak out about the conditions of their workers, they won’t be able to ignore our demands. Together, we can make H&M seriously worry about their reputation –- and their profits, and push them into action.

Five years ago H&M committed to paying living wages to textile workers in their supply chain by 2018,. [1] but workers are still dependent on wages that are far from sufficient.

References:

“Fair Living Wage – sustainability/our commitments/choose ad reward responsible partners/fair living wage” https://www.racked.com/2018/2/27/17016704/living-wage-clothing-factories wage
https://www.racked.com/2018/2/27/17016704/living-wage-clothing-factories
https://www.isealalliance.org/sites/default/files/resource/2017-12/Dhaka_Living_Wage_Benchmark_Infographic.pdf

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Recent comments

Neil

People need to live a decent life these days, so it is only fair you pay a living wage.

Simon

Show some decency and keep your promise! Disgraceful that H&M are profiting from their workers misery.

JANET

Because fairness is all

Elizabeth

Stop treating your workers like slaves

Denise

Working people everywhere deserve humane treatment and fair reward.Please keep your promise and set an example.

Mark

All workers should receive a ‘living wage’. Exploitation of vulnerable groups is ‘slavery’ in name & practice

Margaret

Workers deserve a fair wage.

Loreita

Anyone prepared to work is entitled to a fair wage

June

The shareholders wouldn't do it!

Lynn

A promise has not been kept. People should be on a fair wage that means they don’t have to work a seven day week to keep their families.

Julia

it is immoral and grossly unfair to pay workers less than they need to to live on thus causing them to either live in poverty or work excessive hours

Margaret

I do not want the unpaid sweat of workers on my back through the clothes I wear. i shall not buy any more of H&M's clothes until the wages are revised as promised

Vince

I will not purchase low priced clothing from companies that do not treat individuals in their supply chain fairly.

Simon

Exploitation of people unable to help themselves is unacceptable.

Lindsay

All the cheap clothing is a huge cause of pollution in the world, as it isn't valued and is readily discarded, never mind the unfairness to the poorly paid workers. We should be ashamed at what we are doing in this country by shopping in such stores that support these scandalous setups.

Jane

They should be accountable

Susan

Everyone should receive a decent living wage.

Janette

H&M it is about time you did the 'right' thing. Five years ago you / the company committed to pay a living wage to all your staff. In yet here we are : broken promises. Shame on you. I urge all H&M customers to boycott H&M products. Hit you where it hurts, and if you go out of business then so be it. You should set an example and keep your promises. Life is not always about profit. Surely it is better to stay in business, and be ethical and honest how you treat your workers. Shame shame on you.

Daniele

Human rights are important

Grace

All people deserve fair pay for their work. H&M shouldn't hide behind its supply chain; it should take responsibility for workers who allow it to profit by paying them a living wage. I do not buy H&M any more because of this kind of behaviour. The recent 'conscious' fashion range in H&M is a joke. Take meaningful action to sort out your supply chain instead of trying to present a facade of ethical branding!

Elizabeth

Everyone should be paid a living wage as a minimum. Why should people be able to swank around in fancy clothes that others have not been paid a fair wage to produce?

pat

Fair Pay for a hard day's work is all anyone can expect, it's called being decent.

Louise

The fashion industry is exploiting and polluting many countries in order to maximise profits. We the consumers, will boycott your products if you do not start to take responsibility and stop this.

John

We should all treat others in the way that we would want to be treated because nobody knows what happens when you die from your current life.

Joy

The Living Wage is important to your customers. We will shop elsewhere unless you pay it soon!

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Next week is H&M’s Annual General Assembly, where next years’ plans will be agreed by its shareholders. We are determined to make them understand the sheer importance of their plans for the 850,000 people who live on poverty wages while making H&M’s clothes. For that purpose, three of us will be at the Assembly as delegates. We’ll be there as shareholders, holding €45,000 of H&M’s capital.

We will present a proposal that this year’s dividends should be used to increase these suffering workers’ wages. Our proposal is already on the agenda - so we’ll have a fighting chance. But to increase our chances we need more delegates on our side before the meeting on Tuesday, 7 May. Will you help us put pressure on 6 key shareholders we think could back us up on the day shareholders meet? Please, send them a message so that they know their support matters to thousands of people! If international pressure mounts on them, they will not be able to ignore us.

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850,000 people live on poverty wages while making H&M’s clothes. In your next AGM please support the citizens’ proposal to use this year’s dividends to pay living wages. #TurnAroundHM
You care about others’ well-being. In the next H&M’s AGM it’s in your hands to support the citizens’ proposal to use this year’s dividends to pay living wages to the workers who make H&M’s clothes. I count on you to #TurnAroundHM!
Five years ago H&M agreed to paying living wages to workers making their clothes - but you failed to keep this promise. Fix this in the your next AGM on 7 May. #TurnAroundHM

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