Herausgeber_in: FEMNET e.V., Bonn; in Kooperation mit FTDES, Tunisia

Zielgruppe:        Öffentliche Beschaffung, Student_innen, Erwachsene

Medien:              Hintergrundinformationen

Schlagwörter: Arbeitsbedingungen, Arbeitsrechtsverletzungen, Arbeitsverträge, Berufsbekleidung, Gesundheit, Gewerkschaft, Lohn, Mindestlohn, öffentliche Beschaffung, Sicherheit, Studie, Textilsektor, Tunesien

Kurzbeschreibung:

Although many studies have been conducted in recent years related to the working conditions and human rights violations of workers in the garment manufacturing industry, there is a lack of specific information on workwear manufacturing units. As workwear for European brands is produced in Tunisia, among others, the objective of this research is to investigate labour and international human rights standards in the workwear sector in Tunisia through a) desk research revealing the importance and development of the workwear sector in the Tunisian economy, and b) a field study on a sample of four different factories producing for three European workwear brands. Additionally, the study investigates the nature of the relations between the different actors of this sector (the brands, platforms, factories). The research findings show that the nature of employment in this sector is characterised by low wages, job insecurity due to fixed-term (short-term) contracts, and little bargaining power.

Erscheinungsjahr: 2020

Umfang: 18 Seiten

Sprache: Englisch

Bezug: kostenfrei zum Download als PDF-Datei

Herausgeber_in: Fair Action, Future In Our Hands

Autor_in: Maria Sjödin, Fair Action

Schlagwörter: Arbeitsbedingungen, Arbeitsrechtsverletzungen, Arbeitsplatzsicherheit, Arbeitssicherheit, Arbeitsverträge, Ausbeutung, Flüchtlinge, Lieferkette, Lohn, Textilproduktion, Türkei

Kurzbeschreibung:
Thousands of Syrians whhave fled their war-torn home country are working in Turkey’s apparel factories. Most of them dnot have work permits and are desperate tearn an income, which makes them highly vulnerable texploitation by employers. Many Syrians in the Turkish garment sector are getting paid below the minimum wage, even though they work long hours in unhealthy and dangerous conditions. Cases of employment of Syrian refugee children have alsbeen reported. Turkey is the third-largest non-EU garment-exporting country tSweden and Norway after China and Bangladesh, and an important sourcing market for the Nordic clothing brands H&M, KappAhl, Lindex, Gina Tricot and Varner (BikBok, Cubus, Carlings, Dressman, Urban et al.). This study investigates how these five brands are tackling the risk of abuse and discrimination of Syrian refugees in their supply chains in Turkey

Erscheinungsjahr: 2017

Umfang: 35 Seiten

Sprache: Englisch

Zielgruppe: Erwachsene

Medien: Hintergrundinformationen

Bezug: kostenfrei zum Download bei labourbehindthelabel.

Herausgeber_in: Human Rights Watch

Schlagwörter:  Kambodscha, Arbeitsbedingungen, Frauenrechte, Schwangerschaft, Diskriminierung, Kinderarbeit, Kinderrechte, sexuelle Belästigung, Vereinigungsfreiheit, Gewerkschaften, Arbeitsverträge, Transparenz, Rechenschaft, Unternehmensverantwortung, Zulieferer

Kurzbeschreibung:
This 140-page report documents lax government enforcement of labor laws and brand actions that hinder monitoring and compliance. In recent years, wage protests, instances of garment workers fainting, and burdensome union registration procedures have spotlighted the plight of workers in Cambodia’s garment factories.

Erscheinungsjahr: 2015

Umfang: 147 Seiten

Sprache: Englisch

Zielgruppe: Student_innen, Erwachsene

Medien: Hintergrundinformationen

Bezug: kostenfrei zum Download bei Human Rights Watch.