FEMNET - Nachrichten FEMNET-Nachrichten Rukmini V. Puttaswamy with the FEMNET team at the Old Town Hall in Bonn on 23 June 2022. © FEMNET 04 July 2022 More transparency and support for trade union work – visit of Indian trade unionist Rukmini V. Puttaswamy to FEMNET From 23 to 27 June, our long-standing Indian partner, union president Rukmini V. Puttaswamy, visited FEMNET. We are grateful for the valuable exchange with the committed activist. Her message was clear: We need more transparency along the entire supply chain and more say for trade unions. To this day, Indian workers in the textile industry are not paid living wages. At the same time, women in particular are at risk of becoming victims of gender-based violence. The work of the trade unions is therefore indispensable in order to decisively counteract exploitation and human rights violations. Far too rarely, however, are employee representatives involved in negotiations between companies and suppliers. Many factories deny them the right to freedom of organisation and assembly, and they have to organise outside their workplaces. Rukmini therefore calls for more transparency along the entire supply chain and more say for trade unions. Read an article by Fashion United about the work of Rukmini V. Puttaswamy here. Category: FEMNET-Nachrichten
