NEXT EVENT:
Fashion Against Fascism
The far-right is here to claim space on our streets, and power in our institutions.
This is an invitation to all fashion practitioners, activists, students, and supporters of garment worker rights to join us in defeating them.
When: 28 March, Saturday, midday till 6 pm
Meeting point: To Be Confirmed. We will march together through central London and go to the finale concert in Trafalgar Square.
Book transport from all over the UK.
We oppose the far right because we know that the history of fashion in the UK is one of migration – from the Huguenots, to Jewish and Bangladeshi communities, to generation after generation of students, factory workers and designers from all round the world – migration built a global fashion capital. And this goes on today with migrant workers in Leicester being paid less than the minimum wage to produce high street fashion.
We want the UK to be country that welcomes and values migration, work and creativity. We want safe workplaces, fair wages and an appreciation of skills for everybody.
We also oppose the far right because we know that the real problem in this country is corporations and billionaires not migrants. The Rana Plaza Solidarity Collective came together to mark the injustice of the Rana Plaza factory collapse that killed 1,138 people in Bangladesh in 2013. We keep organising together because we know that injustice is built into the fabric of our world, that power is still held at the top by too few, and the price for greed, extraction and extreme wealth is paid by those who have the least.
Reform, like Trump, Modi and Netanyahu have nothing to offer working people. They organise by sharing hate and will not rebuild our communities or our country. They want a world where one culture, one race, one religion dominates.
In contrast, we celebrate diversity, creativity and community. We welcome migration while standing against the imperialism that we see in the garment industry – centuries of plunder of global south countries for the convenience and enrichment of the west.
On 28 March a coalition of trade unions, community groups, public figures, artists and campaigns like ours are coming together to show we stand together against the far-right.
Join our bloc on the Together Alliance on 28 March to reject the far-right and send a signal that we want community, creativity, freedom and safe, well-paid work for all.
Book your transport
Not in London? No problem! The Alliance has put together coaches and subsidised travel options from across the country. Find a spot here.
https://www.togetheralliance.org.uk
2025: Sink The Yachts, Raise The Wages!
On the 20th September 2025, the Rana Plaza Solidarity Collective gathered in Central London to join the Make Them Pay demonstration – a global day of action highlighting inequality in the lead up to COP 30 in Brazil.
We marched together in a Billionaires Out Of Fashion bloc, calling for radical change in the fashion industry.
We believe that while a £2 dress or £1 bikini is a sign of a broken fashion industry, so is a superyacht. The only reason the yachts owned by men like Amancio Ortega (Zara), Bernard Arnault (LVMH) and Jeff Bezos (Amazon) even exist is because they deliberately squeeze every penny they can out of garment workers.
Exploitation is why 91% of Bangladeshi workers struggle to afford food for their families, meanwhile Jeff Bezos has a $500 million yacht and spent $237 million on just three of his luxury Miami mansions. We cannot allow this inequality to continue.
Because there are no superyachts without blinding inequality, because owning a superyacht is about the most harmful thing someone can do to the planet, and because Orca whales like flipping yachts over, we teamed up with an entire pod of Orca whales to say Sink The Yachts, Raise The Wages!
London Fashion Week
The Rana Plaza Solidarity Collective pod of Orcas was also at London Fashion Week in September 2025 with the message:
Want to slow fashion down? Tax extreme wealth. Pay living wages. Abolish billionaires.
While workers starve, the top 10 fast fashion brands collectively raked in 13.9 billion dollars in profits in 2024, enough to triple the annual wages of 4 million Bangladeshi garment workers.
Rana Plaza Solidarity Collective 