Herausgeber_innen: Erklärung von Bern, Bern; Entwicklungspolitisches Netzwerk Sachsen e.V., Dresden
Autor_innen: Luginbühl, Christa (Erklärung von Bern / Clean Clothes Campaign Schweiz); Musiolek, Dr., Bettina (Entwicklungspolitisches Netzwerk Sachsen / Clean Clothes Campaign)
Deutsche Zusammenfassung erhältlich unter dem Titel „Harte Arbeit für wenig Geld“
Schlagwörter: Arbeitsbedingungen, EU, Europa, Heimarbeit, Leder, Lieferkette, Lohn, Osteuropa und Türkei, Schuhe, Unternehmensverantwortung, Welthandel
Kurzbeschreibung:
Often consumers in Western Europe believe that “Made in Europe” is a synonym for working conditions that are better than in production countries in Asia. This report shows that this is not always the case, and that problematic working conditions and very low wages in particular, are occurring endemically across global supply chains worldwide. In Europe’s low-wage countries, the clothing and shoe industry is notorious for poor pay and bad conditions.
We conducted research in six European low-wage production countries. We found that global shoe supply chains include low-wage countries in Europe as well as in other world regions, and that there are strong interlinkages between, for example, European and Asian shoe production and the industries’ distinctive roles in global supply chains.
In our field research, we conducted interviews with 179 shoe workers from 12 factories. According to interviewed workers and factory websites, all of the factories produce for wellknown shoe brands and retailers that sell their products on the EU market, including Zara, Lowa, Deichmann, Ara, Geox, Bata and Leder & Schuh AG. We also investigated the subsidiaries of CCC Shoes & Bags in Poland and of Ecco, Rieker and Gabor in Slovakia. According to workers (and our experience backs up this claim), the problems found are of a systemic nature.
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Umfang: 32 Seiten
Sprache: Englisch; deutsche Zusammenfassung erhältlich unter dem Titel „Harte Arbeit für wenig Geld“
Zielgruppe: Student_innen, Erwachsene
Medien: Hintergrundinformationen
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