Blog series: Advancing living wages

Two workers walk through a banana field. Photo credit: Shutterstock.

Few industries have made real progress on the implementation of a living wage to workers - but the banana sector is one. Through this blog series ETI aims to share information with our members and responsible business at large, on what steps could be taken to advance living wages in other sectors.

Over the next few months, we'll be sharing perspectives from across the supply chain and our membership - from companies, suppliers, trade unions and NGOs - to understand how we can learn from good practice in the banana sector, and work together close the living wage gap in more farms, factories, supply chains, sectors and industries worldwide.

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Advancing living wages: Key insights from the banana sector

Person carries a branch of bananas on their shoulder. Photo credit: Shutterstock/MIA Studio.
Banana Link's Executive Director reflects on insights from our recent joint webinar on the living wages, and how other sectors might learn from the banana sector's progress.
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Advancing living wages: Why more innovative collaboration is critical

A filed full of banana trees at trunk level. Photo credit: Shutterstock.
ALDI SOUTH Group share lessons from their pilot on worker-led living wage verification in major banana production countries in Latin America.
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Advancing living wages: Impossible without collective bargaining

Beautiful aerial view of Banana plantations in Costa Rica on the road of Siquirres. Photo credit: Shutterstock.
A former banana farm worker, Costa Rican trade union leader and COLSIBA coordinator writes on the absolute necessity of involving trade unions in living wage implementation processes for banana and other agro-industrial farm workers.
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ETI's blog covers issues at the intersection of business and human rights. We feature posts by, for and from our members and allies; we do not accept or offer payment for posts or publish content outside of these criteria. We welcome a range of insights and opinions from our guest bloggers, though don't necessarily agree with everything they say.