"20,000 workers from up to 69 different garment factories in Cambodia went on strike from June 21-27, 2000 in order to demand a rise in the minimum wage from $40 to $70 per month. At least nine clothing companies, including H&M;, source from these factories. Although they have returned to work, workers have pledged to continue striking in the future if there is no resolution on the minimum wage issue."

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"UNITE HERE organized a boycott campaign of H&M; in 2003. The campaign alleged that H&M; wouldn't allow U.S. workers to unionize, and there were concerns about how they treated their workers in Indonesia. The dispute between UNITE and H&M; went all the way to the National Labor Review Board in November of 2004. UNITE has worked out an agreement with H&M; to represent its New Jersey Distribution Center workers."

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"More than 1,000 workers at nine H&M; clothing stores in Manhattan won the right to be represented by the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU)."

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"In 2003 H&M; became a member of Organic Exchange, an organization that promotes organic cotton worldwide. In 2005, they sold garments containing more than 40 tons organic cotton."

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