ExChains! – Solidarity Along the Subcontracting Chain:
Retail Workers Unite!”



Garments sold in shops like H&M, Metro, Neckermann, Karstadt Quelle or Otto make a long journey before they end up on display. Workers may have produced cotton fibres in Kenya; other workers may have spun, woven and sewn the garments in factories in Sri Lanka, China or Bangladesh; until they come to be sold by retail workers in Europe. ExChains! organises these workers in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Mexico, Turkey and Germany with the objective of mutually supporting each other along the subcontracting chain of the textile, garment and retail sector. Trough meeting each other and discover each other’s working situations, organising efforts and demands we establish concrete solidarity links…