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Progress not perfection: 10 years of making an impact
Impactt, 2007This report reviews how debates and issues concerning labour standards and ethical supply chain management have evolved over the past ten years and also looks at Impactt's own involvement and work on these issues. It also draws key lessons from a series of case studies covering the most entrenched issues in tackling labour standards.DocumentSocial protection for home-based women workers in South Asia : learning from action and research
Institute of Social Studies Trust, India, 2007Home-based work is an increasingly important source of employment in South Asia, where it is estimated that there are over 50 million home-based workers.DocumentHotel workers in Africa
National Labour and Economic Development Institute, South Africa, 2007The potential for tourism as a strategy for poverty-reduction in Africa will not be realised as long as the industry still operates in relative isolation from its host communities. Multinational hotel chains have a limited impact on local social-economic development as a result of the widespread use of subcontractors and casual labour.DocumentToys of misery: Santa’s helpers suffer constant abuse while making Barbie, Thomas & Friends, and other toys for Wal-Mart at the Xin Yi Factory in China
National Labor Committee, USA, 2007Based on a more than a year's investigative research this report examines working conditions and the alleged abuse of labour rights in the Xin Yi Plastics Company. The company is made up of two factories, Xin Yi and Jia Li Bao, based in the Yu Lu Industrial Zone II. All Xin Yi’s production is for export and its major clients appear to be Mattel, Wal-Mart, and McDonald’s.DocumentAgroenergy: myths and impacts in Latin America
Focus on the Global South, 2007Biofuels (or agrofuels) production has increased dramatically in Latin America over recent years, as global concern over climate change grows and oil prices continue to rise. But are biofuels really a sustainable energy solution, and what are the costs?DocumentExcessive overtime in Chinese supplier factories: causes, impacts, and recommendations for action.
Verité, 2004This paper presents a report on the conditions for workers in Chinese factories. It particularly focuses on highlighting key issues related to labour rights in international sourcing.DocumentAnnual survey of violations of trade union rights
International Trade Union Confederation, 2007Trade union activists throughout the world continue to be vicitims of human rights abuses including dismissals, arrests, intimidation, death and lack of freedom of association. This annual report seeks to document these abuses. It provides regional summaries on human rights abuses against trade union members as well as short country reports.DocumentWal-Mart’s sweatshop monitoring fails to catch violations: the story of toys made in China for Wal-Mart
Clean Clothes Campaign, 2007This paper investigates corporate misbehaviour by China’s eighth largest trading partner, Wal-Mart. The focus is on China’s export oriented toy industry and Wal-Mart’s unethical sourcing policies in five Chinese supplier factories.DocumentEasy to manage: a report on Chinese toy workers and the responsibility of the companies
Fair Trade Center, 2005This paper investigates violations of workers rights in the export industry of China. It particularly focuses on the manner in which Nordic toy companies are linked to these violations and it develops possible reasons of why the companies' ethical demands have not led to more improvements.DocumentTurning the garment industry inside out: purchasing practices and workers’ lives
Oxfam Hong Kong, 2004Based on field research conducted in Hong Kong, China and Cambodia, this paper reports on workers’ conditions in garment factories, the hidden costs for women workers, and the purchasing practices in the industry.Pages