Banning Hope: Bangladesh Garment Workers Seeking a Dollar an Hour Face Mass Firings, Violence, and False Arrests April 16, 2019Posted in: Reports & AnalysisBy: Worker Rights Consortiumvia Worker Rights ConsortiumTags: Apparel, Bangladesh, Bangladesh Accord, Global Supply Chains, Labor Conditions Download Banning-Hope.pdf, 1 MB
Bangladesh Government’s Safety Inspection Agencies Not Ready to Take Over Accord’s Work April 2, 2019Posted in: Reports & AnalysisBy: Clean Clothes Campaign, International Labor Rights Forum, Maquila Solidarity Network, Worker Rights ConsortiumTags: Apparel, Bangladesh Accord, Health and Safety, Worker-driven Social Responsibility Visit Link https://laborrights.org/sites/default/files/publications/RCC%20report%204-1_3.pdf
New Book: Majority of Vermont’s Migrant Farm Workers Are Food Insecure April 1, 2019Posted in: Academicvia UVM TodayTags: Agriculture, Labor Conditions, Migrant Justice, Milk with Dignity, Vermont, Worker-driven Social Responsibility Visit Link https://www.uvm.edu/uvmnews/news/new-book-majority-vermonts-migrant-farm-workers-are-food-insecure
Bangladesh Accord publishes its first quarterly Aggregate Report of 2019 March 18, 2019Posted in: Reports & AnalysisBy: Bangladesh Accordvia Bangladesh AccordTags: Apparel, Bangladesh, Bangladesh Accord, Global Supply Chains, Health and Safety, Labor Conditions Visit Link https://admin.bangladeshaccord.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Accord_Quarterly_Aggregate_Report_January_2019.pdf
New buzzword, same problem: how ‘worker voice’ initiatives are perpetuating the shortcomings of traditional social auditing March 12, 2019Posted in: Media, Reports & AnalysisBy: Genevieve LeBaron, Mark Anner, Penelope Kyritsisvia Beyond Social Auditing Portal (BHRRC)Tags: Corporate Social Responsibility, Social Auditing, Worker Voice, Worker-driven Social Responsibility Visit Link https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/new-buzzword-same-problem-how-worker-voice-initiatives-are-perpetuating-the-shortcomings-of-traditional-social-auditing
Alyssa Milano: This Women’s History Month, Let’s Celebrate the Women Making History Today March 7, 2019Posted in: MediaBy: Alyssa Milanovia The WrapTags: #MeToo, Agriculture, Fair Food Program, Gender-based Violence, Global Supply Chains, Labor Conditions, Worker-driven Social Responsibility Visit Link https://www.thewrap.com/alyssa-milano-this-womens-history-month-lets-celebrate-the-women-making-history-today/
Why Wendy’s Is Facing Campus Protests (It’s About the Tomatoes) March 7, 2019Posted in: MediaBy: Noam Scheibervia New York TimesTags: Agriculture, Fair Food Program, Gender-based Violence, Labor Conditions Visit Link https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/07/business/economy/wendys-farm-workers-tomatoes.html
Milk with Dignity – English March 6, 2019Posted in: Reports & AnalysisBy: WSR NetworkTags: Milk with Dignity Download Milk_with_Dignity_ENG.pdf, 98 KB
We’ll tell you what we want, what we really, really want: Freedom, safety and a living wage for garment workers March 5, 2019Posted in: Media, Reports & AnalysisBy: Clean Clothes Campaignvia Equal TimesTags: Apparel, Bangladesh, Bangladesh Accord, Global Supply Chains, Living Wage
Fact Sheet: Fair Food Program (Bangla translation) March 1, 2019Posted in: Tools for PractitionersBy: WSR Network Download fair-food.pdf, 51 KB