This Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) briefing document seeks to explain clearly what freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining mean and why they are at the heart of the ETI alliance and its aims and objectives. Click here to view document.

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This Clean Clothes Campaign Primer provides background on various aspects of freedom of association and collective bargaining, particularly in the context of multi-stakeholder initiatives that deal with codes of conduct. View the Primer here.

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Lessons from Lesotho, Thailand and Honduras

Brand Campaigns & Worker Organizing profiles three successful international campaigns that helped defend workers' right to organize. Available in English and Spanish, the 82-page booklet is an invaluable educational resource for anti-sweatshop activists, labour and human rights advocates, trade unionists, researchers, educators and anyone concerned about the conditions under which their clothes are made. Also available in Spanish. PDF order form

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Lance Compa and American Center for International Labor Solidarity, 2003

This report looks at Mexico's century-long fight for independent, democratic trade unions and social justice. Compa suggests that with an increasingly democratic government, well-enforced labour laws, and strong trade unions, Mexico has the potential to be a leader on worker rights standards. As the violations documented in this report make clear, however, Mexico still falls short of international worker rights standards.

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