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Open Apparel Registry mapping tool launched in 2019

Jan 3, 2020 —

The Open Apparel Registry (OAR) launch its open source tool, mapping garment facilitates around the world. The tool collates apparel brands’ supplier lists, including names and addresses of factories into one mapping tool. For more information, click here.

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Fashion’s Next Trend (December 2019)

Dec 18, 2019 —

Today, a coalition of Global Unions and human and labour rights organizations, including MSN, launched a new 15-page report describing how dozens of brands and retailers are publicly disclosing the names and addresses and other information on their supplier factories.

STAR union reaches settlement with Gildan, but job commitments lacking

Dec 18, 2019 —

Five months after Montreal-based clothing manufacturer Gildan Activewear’s surprise announcement that it was closing its STAR factory in El Progreso, Honduras, the SITRASTAR union and Gildan have finally reached an agreement on compensation and other issues.

Tackling chidlcare: A Guide for employer-supported childcare (IFC April 2020)

Nov 28, 2019 —

IFC's Global Tackling Childcare Working Group produces new guide on the importance of employer-supported childcare.

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Take action: Justice for Jorge Alberto Acosto

Nov 22, 2019 —

On November 16, 2019, two men shot and killed Jorge Alberto Acosta in a billiard parlor just four blocks from his house in La Lima, Cortes, Honduras. Jorge, 62, was a union leader for SITRATERCO, the oldest union in the country, which represents Chiquita banana workers.

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Amazon Takes Transparency Step (November 2019)

Nov 21, 2019 —

Author: Clean Clothes Campaign, Human Rights Watch, IndustriALL, International Corporate Accountability Roundtable, International Labor Rights Forum, International Trade Union Confederation, Maquila Solidarity Network, UNI Global Union & Worker Rights Consortium

Employer Guidance: Ensuring respect for freedom of association and the right to bargain collectively (November 2019)

Nov 6, 2019 —

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Mexican laws and international conventions on human rights at work (November 2019)

Nov 6, 2019 —

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Protocol for the Authentication of Collective Bargaining Agreements Union and Employer Obligations (November 2019)

Nov 6, 2019 —

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Precedent-setting Agreements Reached in Lesotho on Gender-based Violence at Work

Oct 30, 2019 —

Photo: Workers Rights Consortium Sam Mokhele, General Secretary, NACTWU; Thusoana Ntlama, Program Coordinator, FIDA; May Rathakane, Deputy General Secretary, IDUL; Libakiso Matlho, National Director, WLSA; Daniel Maraisane, Deputy General Secretary, UNITE

On August 15, 2019, a number of complementary, legally binding agreements were signed to launch a pilot program aimed at eliminating sexual harassment and gender-based violence in five major garment and textile factories in the Southern African country of Lesotho.

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