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Company accused of axing 1,416 employees via WhatsApp, even as CEO pay nears $12.5 million

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A new social media campaign is putting fashion retailer Next under intense scrutiny, with activists alleging that the company told 1,416 unionized garment workers at a Sri Lankan factory they were out of a job through WhatsApp. The accusations, shared in a widely viewed Instagram reel, are fueling renewed criticism of fast fashion's human and environmental costs. What happened? In a recent post, creator and campaigner Venetia La Manna said in he…

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Company accused of axing 1,416 employees via WhatsApp, even as CEO pay nears $12.5 million

A new social media campaign is putting fashion retailer Next under intense scrutiny, with activists alleging that the company told 1,416 unionized garment workers at a Sri Lankan factory they were out of a job through WhatsApp. The accusations, shared in a widely viewed Instagram reel, are fueling renewed criticism of fast fashion's human and environmental costs. What happened? In a recent post, creator and campaigner Venetia La Manna said in he…

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thecooldown.com broke the news on Wednesday, May 27, 2026.
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