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Mind the gap - How the global brands are not doing enough to ensure a dignified life for workers in the garment and electronics industry in India

Future in Our Hands (Framtiden i våre hender), Norway and Cividep India jointly conducted a study comparing working conditions and wages in two global supply chains that cater to the European market and have links to South India. These are the garment industry in Bangalore that produces apparel for well-known European retailers like H&M and the Varner Group, and the electronics industry in Sriperumbudur (near Chennai), where companies such as Dell and Samsung manufacture their products.

The report produced at the end of the study concludes that the working conditions in both supply chains are below universally recognized standards set by the International Labour Organization (ILO), and that the wages these workers are paid cannot be termed as a ‘living wage’. The report compares the consumption and expenditure patterns of workers in the two sectors to determine whether their actual wages measure up to the concept of a ‘living wage’. Working conditions in all the five factories studied do not qualify as ‘decent work’, a concept created by the ILO to describe the right of employment in conditions of freedom, equity, security and human dignity.

Herausgeber*in/Autor*in: Framtiden i vare hender, Norwegen / Cividep India, Indien; Autor*innen: Parakuni, Gopinath / Caresna, Laura / Raju, Antony / Ray, Pramita / Leffler, Carin

Redaktion: Hemstad, Arild

Medienart: Hintergrundinformation

Erscheinungsjahr: 2015

Zielgruppe: Student*innen, Erwachsene

Sprache: Englisch

Umfang: 131 Seiten
Bezug: kostenfrei zum Download bei Cividep

Suchbegriffe: Arbeitsbedingungen, Arbeitsrechtsverletzungen, Asien, Existenzlohn, Indien, Lieferkette, Lohn, Unternehmensverantwortung