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Garment factory workers, Bangladesh

Is Bangladesh's new minimum wage enough?

15 November 2013
The minimum wage for garment workers in Bangladesh has been raised. Is it enough and will workers get the full benefit? 
Female garment factory worker at a sewing machine, Bangladsh

Welcoming the After Rana Plaza report

12 November 2013
We welcome ‘After Rana Plaza: A report into the readymade garment industry in Bangladesh’ which has just been published by the UK’s All Party Parliamentary Group on Bangladesh.
Female garment worker on a factory sewing floor, India

Living Wage – continuing the journey

8 November 2013
As Living Wage Week comes to an end, the work to try to achieve it for workers in the UK and around the world continues.
Female homeworker and her husband, behind. India.

What can living wages do for women?

6 November 2013
Why anyone who supports women's rights should support living wages - but will have to demand that they reach all the way through the supply chain.
UK construction workers

Living wage: when companies put wellbeing before profits

6 November 2013
https://impacttlimited.com/Oxfam GB's ethical trade manager Rachel Wilshaw explains the compelling case for a living wage in developing countries and the UK alike, and looks at the benefits for both companies and workers.

Banana industry's progress on living wages

6 November 2013
Retailers, major brands, governments and trade unions are starting to align in a push towards raising wages.
Male homeworker, hand-embelishing fabric, India

Living wage - what's not to like?

4 November 2013
Living wage as an issue is not going to go away. Even David Cameron says it's “an idea whose time has come”. How should companies proceed?
Workers prepare cauliflower for a UK food supplier

Why the North East needs the living wage

4 November 2013
With the North East of England suffering from the lowest wages in the UK, the Northern TUC's Neil Foster looks ahead to this week's Living Wage Summit.
Woman picking fresh produce in a large covered greenhouse, Tanzania

Living wage - how much is enough?

3 November 2013
Opening a series of insights with a look at the challenges of implementing living wages in a global economy, Sabita Banerji asks who's making progress and where they can look to for support.
Debbie Coulter, Duncan Robertson, Chris Harrop

New business and human rights programme for Rajasthan sandstone sector

1 November 2013
UK building, construction and landscaping sector leaders recently learned about a new business and human rights programme in the export sandstone sector of Rajasthan, India.
Graph of UK banana retail price

Crisis time for banana pricing?

31 October 2013
Does banana pricing in the UK leave producers and workers short-changed? 
Women demonstrate at the collapsed Rana Plaza site, Bangladesh

Rana Plaza 6 month anniversary: momentum must continue

24 October 2013
Six months ago today a multi-use building in Bangladesh collapsed, killing more than 1,100 workers. We take this opportunity to send our wishes of support to those who suffered injury during the Rana Plaza collapse as well as to those who lost colleagues, family and friends.

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