'Press 1 for child labor': Garment workers use cellphones to report abuses
In an effort to fight child labor, delayed wages, and trafficking, textile workers in both Bangladesh and Turkey are using cell phones as methods of reporting. Currently, there are two toll-free, anonymous hotlines the garment workers can utilize--Laborlink and LaborVoices. Both hotlines use simple reporting methods, allowing workers to simply press 1 for “yes” and 2 for “no” to questions they are asked. Laborlink has impacted over 500,00 workers across the globe, and 5,239 employees called LaborVoices in the first half of 2016. The calls came from 85 different factories, many of which supplied major brands such as Walmart, Target, Zara, and H&M.
See "'Press 1 for child labor': Garment workers use cellphones to report abuses", Rina Chandran, Reuters, September 30, 2016