In December 2006, War on Want published an exposé on the wages and working conditions of the garment workers in Bangladesh who produce clothes for some of the UK’s most important discount retailers.

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Background paper prepared by MIT (Harvard) US for the JO-IN project discussions: This memo was prepared by Gustavo Setrini under the supervision of Professor Richard Locke of MIT. This memo is intended as a background paper for the JO-IN project on various code issues. Download the paper in PDF format here.

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This 2004 paper surveys various Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives on how they determine a living wage for apparel workers, and recommends clauses on wages to include in codes of conduct.

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