Recherchetool für Materialien Fact-Sheet: Tricky Footwork - The Struggle for Labour Rights in the Chinese Footwear Industry This factsheet takes a closer look at labour rights in the Chinese footwear industry and the current situation of workers in the footwear sector. The people who work at the factories that supply European brands told of, among other infringements, low wages, involuntary overtime, insufficient protection from health and safety risks, state violence to suppress strikes, unpaid social insurance contributions and insufficient severance payments. All of the above is happening despite the fact that China has progressive labour laws, especially in comparison with other producing countries. What is more, most large footwear companies today have codes of conduct meant to curb labour law infringements by suppliers. China is by far the global leader in footwear production: it turned out over 15.7 billion pairs of shoes in 2014 alone. Redaktion: Bullerdieck, Lena Herausgeber*in/Autor*in: Pieper, Anton; Xu, Felix Medienart: Hintergrundinformation Erscheinungsjahr: 2016 Zielgruppe: Erwachsene Sprache: Englisch Umfang: 4 Seiten; gleichnamige ausführliche Studie erhältlichBezug: Kurzfassung kostenfrei zum Download beim Südwind-Institut. Ausführliche Studie. Ähnliche Materialien Tricky Footwork - The Struggle for Labour Rights in the Chinese Footwear Industry So wird ein Schuh draus - Arbeitsbedingungen in der chinesischen Schuhindustrie Fact-Sheet: So wird ein Schuh draus - Arbeitsbedingungen in der chinesischen Schuhindustrie Auf der Stelle (ge)treten. - Arbeitsrechtsverletzungen in der indischen Leder- und Schuhindustrie Precarious Work in the H&M Global Value Chain - A Report to the ILO 2016 zurück
