Highly globalized with millions of employees worldwide, the textile and garment sectors are a large source of precarious employment in the developing world. The sector is composed predominantly of low paid workers who are mostly young women and internal migrants working on short-term contracts. IndustriALL will continue to campaign to force multinational buyers to disclose their suppliers to the public and fight for the rights of workers to form unions and improve wages and working conditions.
Related campaigns
As retailers closed shops around the world due to Covid-19, garment factories are shutting down at an alarming rate with devastating impacts for garment workers
The Bangladesh Accord on
Fire and Building Safety
For a truly safe and sustainable garment industry strong trade unions are needed. Read more
Industry bargaining in garment producing countries is essential to achieving living wages
The aim of the agreed process, known as ACT, is to establish systems of industry-wide collective agreements supported by brand purchasing practices as the primary means of wage-fixing in the global garment industry. Read more.
Contact person:
 | Christina Hajagos-Clausen Director, Textile and Garment Industry |
Accord on Fire and Building Safety
ACT
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Bangladesh Accord