The case for social protection16 January, 2025The Covid-19 pandemic laid bare the vulnerabilities faced by workers, especially in the garment sector, which was among the hardest hit. As production lines slowed and jobs disappeared, millions were left without a safety net. The crisis underscored an urgent need for robust social protection for workers worldwide.
Bangladesh: nine per cent annual increment not enough16 December, 2024Bangladesh’s labour and employment advisor announced last week that ready-made garment (RMG) workers will receive an additional four per cent pay increase from December 2024, pending a new minimum wage. With the five per cent annual increment previously announced by the minimum wage board, the total annual increment is nine per cent. Unions say it is not enough amid the cost-of-living crisis.
Unions push for a Just Transition in the textile and garment sector16 December, 2024Last month, together with the ITUC Just Transition Centre and industriAll Europe, IndustriALL Global Union hosted a workshop to discuss strategies for ensuring decent work and social protection in the global textile and garment sector, as it faces disruptions from economic and environmental shifts under the green transition. The event brought together union leaders to address the sector’s challenges amidst the green transition and economic transformations.
Sindicatos marroquíes abordan los problemas de salud y seguridad en el sector textil5 December, 2024Una reciente oleada de accidentes fatales en el sector textil y de la confección en Marruecos ha puesto de relieve las difíciles condiciones de trabajo y la falta de medidas de salud y seguridad. IndustriALL Global Union y su afiliado, el sindicato SNTHC-CDT, están tomando medidas para hacer frente a estos problemas, y esperan que una reunión con el Ministerio de Trabajo se traduzca en un avance hacia soluciones a largo plazo.
Colaboración mundial por los derechos de los trabajadores29 November, 2024Los días 24 y 25 de noviembre, dirigentes sindicales de las fábricas de Coats de todo el mundo se reunieron en Mudanya, Turquía, para celebrar la 5.ª reunión anual de la red sindical de Coats. El encuentro se centró en las condiciones de trabajo, los retos en la cadena de suministro y la finalización de un proyecto de acuerdo marco global (AMG) con la empresa para garantizar unas normas laborales coherentes en todas sus operaciones.
IndustriALL Global Union file OECD complaints against fashion brands over labour rights violations in Myanmar13 November, 2024IndustriALL GlobaI Union has filed complaints against three major garment brands – Next, New Yorker and LPP – at OECD's National Contact Points (NCPs). Despite overwhelming evidence of continuous violations of workers’ rights under Myanmar’s military junta, these brands continue to place orders in the country, profiting from the eradication of labour and human rights.
Myanmar's garment workers under siege31 October, 2024A pillar of Myanmar’s economy even before the coup, the textile and garment industry has become an important way for the country’s military rulers to inject foreign money into a collapsing economy. And workers are paying the price.
Establishing supply chain industrial relations through trade union networks31 October, 2024On 21-22 October, IndustriALL Global Union organized two trade union network meetings with affiliated unions from garment and footwear multinational manufacturers Crystal International Group and POU CHEN Corporation. Crystal Group is one of the largest clothing manufacturers while POU CHEN is the largest footwear manufacturer in the world. Both companies supply for major apparel and footwear fashion brands like Nike, Adidas, Asics, New Balance, M&S, PUMA, H&M, Next, Fast Retailing and VF Corporations.
Ethiopia’s Bole Lemi industrial park sets up workplace daycare centres30 October, 2024One of Ethiopia’s industrial parks, Bole Lemi, in Addis Ababa, has set up workplace child daycare facilities to cater for young mothers working in the park.
Raising awareness of EIS in Bangladesh22 October, 2024The employment injury scheme (EIS) is a social protection programme in Bangladesh which includes compensation for medical treatment and rehabilitation services, as well as income loss caused by occupational injuries and disease. Together with the International Labour Organisation and GIZ, IndustriALL Global Union held a series of awareness raising workshops on EIS for affiliates in Bangladesh.
