Herausgeber_in: Fair Wear Foundation

Kurzbeschreibung:

This discussion paper is designed to explore the relationships between productivity, efficiency and living wages, and to locate productivity and efficiency gains within the larger universe of options for funding living wages. It begins with a basic overview of how productivity and efficiency interact in the garment industry. It then outlines the potential effects of productivity drives on both costs and workers and discusses the importance of negotiating with workers on how to manage the potential negative impacts of productivity increases.

This paper is written for a variety of readers who are involved with work on living wages, but who may not normally deal with productivity, efficiency or product pricing as part of their everyday work, including CSR managers, trade unionists, government policymakers or NGO staff, for example. This paper was published as part of FWF’s Living Wage Incubator programme, under the Strategic Partnership for Garment Supply Chain Transformation.

Erscheinungsjahr: 2018

Umfang: 19 Seiten

Sprache: Englisch

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Herausgeber_in: Fair Wear Foundation

Kurzbeschreibung:

The garment industry is a significant contributor to Indonesia’s large economy. In fact, it was the fifth greatest contributor to Indonesia’s non-oil and gas manufacturing export figures from 2014 to 2017, growing at an average of 1.1 % during that period. It is also an important source of employment, accounting for around 26.6 % of jobs in the manufacturing sector. The industry is affected by changes to economic conditions in the US and Europe, the major destinations for its products. It also faces the challenge of competing with other garment-producing countries such as Vietnam and Bangladesh, with costs including labour, affecting competitiveness.

Another challenge for the garment industry lies in meeting international expectations about the treatment of workers. Conditions in garment factories vary considerably. They are generally much worse in medium and small enterprises, which do not attract the kinds of scrutiny that large suppliers to international brands are subjected to. The industry has received a great deal of attention from international and local NGOs and trade unions, but there remains much to be done before the standards embedded in FWF Code of Labour Practice are fully met even in more compliant segments of the sector. In terms of labour rights, Indonesia has signed key international human rights instruments, including the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and all eight core International Labour Organization (ILO) conventions. However, the extent to which these commitments are reflected in Indonesian legislation and in its implementation, varies. Like many countries in the region, it also continues to experience serious problems in terms of the implementation of many aspects of its legal framework. This core problem has led to issues with freedom of association and the right to bargain collectively; working hours and conditions, including the right of women to be free of sexual harassment in the workplace; occupational health and safety; and the right to a living wage. FWF will continue to provide updated information on Indonesia at www.fairwear.org and will update this country study on a periodic basis in the future.

Erscheinungsjahr: 2018

Umfang: 70 Seiten

Sprache: Englisch

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Herausgeber_in: Fair Wear Foundation

Schlagwörter:  Living Wage, Existenzlohn, decent wage, decent living, Blog, Unternehmensverantwortung, Lieferkette, Geschäftspraktiken, CSR, BWL, Betriebswirtschaft

Kurzbeschreibung:
Selbstdarstellung: We have launched this tool for FWF members and everyone involved in trying to make living wages a reality for garment workers. This Portal is designed to grow.
FWF tackles living wages by asking: Why are consumers unable to buy ‘living wage garments’? And what is happening in this market to block what seems like a pretty simple ask?
At FWF, we methodically analyse and unpack the obstacles that have blocked progress on living wages for many years – from lack of collective bargaining and structural issues in supply chains to questions of cost and anti-trust concerns raised by companies.  And our work continues. We will keep adding posts to this Portal as FWF makes progress on this topic – and as our partners also take strides in this area.
FWF is most interested in sharing examples of efforts by brands, factories, trade unions, business associations and various workers groups to develop ‘real-life examples’ of working towards living wages.

Erscheinungsjahr: Launch in 2015, ständige Aktualisierung

Umfang: Webseite

Sprache: Englisch

Zielgruppe: Student_innen,Erwachsene

Medien:  Webseiten/Spiele/Multimedia/Apps

Bezug: Informationen auf der Webseite der Fair Wear Foundation.