Educational game "Shoes do not grow on trees" The educational game "Shoes do not grow on trees" gives insights into the working conditions in the production facilities of shoes and leather. These are often miserable and still far less well known than the conditions in textile factories. With the educational game, we make visible what remains invisible to many. Mehr Details
Workers' Right to Compensation after Garment Factory Disasters: Making Rights a Reality Although it’s been five years since the Rana Plaza garment factory collapse, in many countries survivors’ right to compensation for death and injury remains reliant on voluntary donations fuelled by media pressure. A new report, written by worker health and safety expert Dr Rebecca Prentice, compares and draws lessons from schemes to pay compensation to injured workers and dependents of those killed in the recent Ali Enterprises, Tazreen and Rana Plaza garment factory disasters. The report calls for the introduction and strengthening of national employment injury insurance schemes that are lacking in many garment-producing countries. Mehr Details
The true cost This is a story about clothing. It’s about the clothes we wear, the people who make them, and the impact the industry is having on our world. The price of clothing has been decreasing for decades, while the human and environmental costs have grown steadily. The True Cost is a groundbreaking documentary film that pulls back the curtain on the untold story and asks us to consider, who really pays the price for our clothing? Mehr Details
Using Due Diligence in Labour Costing to Meet Wage Compliance This paper examines the application of human rights due diligence in the area of wages. In order to wage compliance to be achieved and for wages to improve, both a greater transparency in cost price negotiations between apparel buyers and their suppliers, and a precise determination of the labour component must take place. Mehr Details
UDITA [arise] - Documentary about female garment workers, Bangladesh 'UDITA' follows 5 years in the lives of the women at the grass roots of the garment workers struggle. Mehr Details
