May Day 2023: Garment Workers Demand Corporate Accountability
This May Day, Asia Floor Wage Alliance reaffirms our commitment to continue to fight for living wages, gender justice and supply chain regulation for the well-being of garment workers in Asia.
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AFWA Bangladesh Supports Trade Unions' Demand for a Minimum Wage Hike
Bangladesh conducted its last minimum wage negotiations in 2018. Five years on, Bangladeshi garment workers are barely making ends meet. This year, Asia Floor Wage Alliance Bangladesh is supporting the demand of trade unions of the ready-made garments (RMG) sector to increase the minimum wage for garment workers in Bangladesh.
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Fact Sheet: OECD complaint against Nike by 20 Garment Sector Unions, AFWA, GLJ-ILRF
Twenty garment sector unions, Asia Floor Wage Alliance (AFWA) and Global Labor Justice - International Labor Rights Forum (GLJ-ILRF) filed a complaint to the US National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines for Responsible Business Conduct at the US State Department, alleging breaches of the OECD Guidelines by multinational enterprise Nike.
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Fact Sheet: The Dindigul Agreement to End Gender-Based Violence and Harassment
In April 2022, a set of interlocking agreements were signed between factories, fashion companies, the women-led Indian union Tamil Nadu Textile and Common Labour Union (TTCU), Asia Floor Wage Alliance and Global Labor Justice - International Labor Rights Forum to create an enforceable and binding agreement called the Dindigul Agreement to eliminate caste and gender-based violence and harassment.
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TTCU, AFWA, GLJ-ILRF and Eastman Exports Make Joint Statement after Natchi Apparels US Import Ban Lifted
An unprecedented collaboration between apparel manufacturer Eastman Exports and labour stakeholders TTCU, AFWA and GLJ-ILRF led to the historic reversal of a decision by the US government, thereby protecting both businesses and thousands of jobs for women workers.
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