Union wins reinstatement of 1,257 workers in India 8 February, 2021After an eight-month struggle and international solidarity campaign, the Garment and Textile Workers’ Union (GATWU) has signed an agreement with H&M supplier Gokaldas Exports that recognizes the union and reinstates all the 1,257 workers – mostly women - who were fired.
Sindicato logra la reincorporación de 1257 trabajadores en la India 8 February, 2021Tras una campaña de ocho meses de lucha y solidaridad internacional, el Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Confección y Textiles (GATWU) firmó un acuerdo con el proveedor de H&M, Gokaldas Exports, que reconoce al sindicato y reincorpora a los 1257 trabajadores despedidos, en su mayoría mujeres.
Union wins reinstatement of 1,257 workers in India8 February, 2021After an eight-month struggle and international solidarity campaign, the Garment and Textile Workers’ Union (GATWU) has signed an agreement with H&M supplier Gokaldas Exports that recognizes the union and reinstates all the 1,257 workers – mostly women - who were fired.
Action needed on Uyghur slave labour18 November, 2020The Chinese government continues to hold members of the Uyghur minority group in forced labour camps. Goods produced by these enslaved workers – particularly cotton – are entering global supply chains.
Urgen acciones contra el trabajo esclavo uigur18 November, 2020El gobierno chino sigue reteniendo a miembros del grupo minoritario uigur en campos de trabajos forzados. Los bienes producidos por estos trabajadores esclavizados, en particular el algodón, están ingresando a las cadenas de suministro mundiales.
Action needed on Uyghur slave labour18 November, 2020The Chinese government continues to hold members of the Uyghur minority group in forced labour camps. Goods produced by these enslaved workers – particularly cotton – are entering global supply chains.
Deber de vigilancia: ¿ha abierto (efectivamente) Francia una vía contra la impunidad de las multinacionales?19 February, 2020El 24 de octubre de 2013, la catástrofe del Rana Plaza en Dacca, capital de Bangladés, provocó una profunda conmoción. Más de mil personas perecieron en el derrumbamiento de este edificio en el que se ubicaban varias fábricas de confección. Sin embargo, la tragedia favoreció que salieran a luz las condiciones de los empleados que trabajaban para subcontratistas de grandes empresas europeas como Carrefour, Mango, Auchan y Primark. A día de hoy, ninguna de estas multinacionales ha sido condenada por lo ocurrido. La culpa es de la relación de ordenante y de la dificultad (si no imposibilidad) de demostrar que las empresas matrices estaban al corriente de las condiciones de trabajo de los empleados de los subcontratistas.
Due diligence: has France really laid the foundations to end corporate impunity?19 February, 2020On 24 October 2013, the Rana Plaza disaster in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, triggered a huge outcry. Over a thousand people were killed when the building, which housed garment factories, collapsed. The tragedy drew attention to the conditions widely endured by workers employed by the subcontractors of major brands and European companies, such as Carrefour, Mango, Auchan and Primark. None of these multinationals have since been brought to justice. The obstacle lies with the buyer relationship and the difficulty, if not impossibility, of proving that the parent companies were aware of the working conditions of their suppliers’ employees.
Due diligence: has France really laid the foundations to end corporate impunity?19 February, 2020On 24 October 2013, the Rana Plaza disaster in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, triggered a huge outcry. Over a thousand people were killed when the building, which housed garment factories, collapsed. The tragedy drew attention to the conditions widely endured by workers employed by the subcontractors of major brands and European companies, such as Carrefour, Mango, Auchan and Primark. None of these multinationals have since been brought to justice. The obstacle lies with the buyer relationship and the difficulty, if not impossibility, of proving that the parent companies were aware of the working conditions of their suppliers’ employees.
Using global framework agreements to organize31 January, 2020Over a two-year period IndustriALL affiliates in Turkey and Bangladesh have successfully organized more than 50 supplier factories as part of a programme to effectively implement global framework agreements.
