Last night, BBC One’s Panorama took viewers to garment factories in Dhaka, Bangladesh in a special investigation into the chronic workers’ rights issues that plague this sector.
Yesterday saw the close of two days of compensation talks for Tazreen Fashions factory fire and Rana Plaza collapse victims and their families. The meetings took place in Geneva, facilitated by global trade union IndustriALL and attended by 11 international brands and retailers.
While progress has been made after two horrific factory disasters in Bangladesh, everybody seems to have forgotten about Pakistan’s worst-ever industrial disaster.
The UK government launched Good Business: Implementing the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights last night. ETI Director Peter McAllister gives his thoughts.
Last weekend The Observer highlighted the terrible plight of young girls who have been trafficked to Delhi from Assam, India, and sold into domestic bonded labour. These stories were heart-wrenching and these girls and young women are commendable for their bravery in sharing them, in an effort to shine light on the issue of child trafficking in India.
Minister of State for International Development, Alan Duncan, yesterday urged companies and other stakeholders to engage with ETI to improve supply chains in the Bangladesh garment sector.
The new law on sexual harassment at the workplace in India: could this be the game changer that enables ETI members and others to push for action on the discrimination provisions in the ETI Base Code?