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Cambodia garment factory ©ILO

Garments and footwear: the OECD launches new due diligence guidelines

13 February 2017
The OECD launches new 'gold standard' guidance on due diligence in the garment and footwear sector.

Retailers must sanction Leicester factories

2 February 2017
For the past three years, ETI has been raising serious concerns about very low wages and poor working conditions in Leicester’s garment trade.
North Korean worker in Russia

North Korea: workers exported to earn money for the state

1 February 2017
What can businesses do when they find North Korean state-sponsored forced labour in their supply chains? 

Social Dialogue in action: worker elections in a Bangladesh garment factory

30 January 2017
Learn about a real-life worker election held over the course of a working day in a Bangladesh knitwear factory.

Media investigation into the Leicester garment trade: ETI response

23 January 2017
In Undercover: Britain's Cheap Clothes, Chanel 4's flagship current affairs programme Dispatches, examines wages and working conditions in Leicester's apparel and textiles factories. 
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The Internet of Things: how going “smart” is altering the world of work

19 January 2017
Sensors that capture motion, temperature and light have become almost ubiquitous thanks to the smartphone and other technology.
Man pressing a multimedia computer display: Romolo Tavani/Shutterstock

How real are workers’ rights when digitalisation is changing the architecture of work?

19 January 2017
Workers will find themselves in a virtual world with a virtual employment relationship and virtual protections.
Tea workers in Assam

A life of dignity long overdue for Assam’s tea workers

16 January 2017
The World Bank found labour abuses on Assam tea plantations that it co-owned with Tata.
Cambodian male garment workers © ILO

Delivering the Sustainable Development Goals through ethical trade

13 January 2017
ETI’s newest guide for companies on ethical trade and the SDGs explains the links between the SDGs, the UNGPs and ethical trade.
Mongolia rug production ©ILO-Byamba-ochir Byambasuren

Modern slavery statements: seeing evidence of company action

11 January 2017
ETI recommends that companies place their Modern Slavery Statements in the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre’s Central Registry for Modern Slavery Statements.
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Do you want to save globalisation?

10 January 2017
Trade union thinking and responses to international trade policies and globalisation.
Garment workers in Bangladesh © ILO

Post-Brexit, we should all be worried about our BITs

9 January 2017
Depending on the terms of Brexit, it is likely that the UK will need to renegotiate its trading relationships with a range of countries, and that should include any Bilateral Investment Treaty. 

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