Herausgeber_in: Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO), NOWCommunities
Autor_in: Vincent Kiezebrink, NOWCommunities
Schlagwörter: Arbeitsbedingungen, Arbeitsplatzsicherheit, Arbeitsrechtsverletzungen, Arbeitszeiten, Befragung, Chemikalien, EU, Gesundheitliche Schäden, Gewerkschaft, Leder, Lederproduktion, Lohn, Pakistan, Prekäre Arbeitsbedingungen, Unternehmen und Menschenrechte
Kurzbeschreibung:
In Pakistan, leather is produced under deplorable conditions. Labourers work for long hours for low wages. Many suffer damage ttheir health, working with chemicals and unsafe heavy machinery. The European Union (EU) is the single most important export destination for Pakistani leather, and a sizeable portion of these imports goes tthe Netherlands. Pakistan falls under the EU’s Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP+), a trade scheme that aims tstimulate the protection of human rights by exempting specific developing countries from trade tariffs, on the condition that they ratify and implement core international conventions relating thuman and labour rights, the environment and good governance. While Pakistan’s leather industry has profited from this, interviews with workers reveal that they are still facing a wide range of labour rights violations.
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Umfang: 26 Seiten
Sprache: Englisch
Zielgruppe: Erwachsene
Medien: Hintergrundinformationen
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