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Need progress on Living wage? Then boost worker participation

Workers' ability to negotiate their own terms and conditions of work makes for an effective way of securing ethical trade in supply chains. Our Worker voice and representation course will show you how.
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What is the True Cost of the garment sector?

New documentary True Cost exposes some challenging truths about the human impact of the garment sector. But does it tell the whole story?
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The importance of trade unions

ETI Director Peter McAllister endorses comments from the the US Ambassador to Cambodia on the role trade unions there can play in sustaining democracies and giving vulnerable workers a voice.
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Companies urge Cambodia government to strengthen industrial relations law

ETI member companies lobby the Cambodia government to strengthen the draft of the new Law on Unions of Enterprises.
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Why trade unions are a good thing

Helping unions to organise would give a boost to the British economy of nearly £30 billion.
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Base Code clause 2: Freedom of association

ETI Base Code Provision 2: Freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining are respected

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Building good labour relations through collective consultation

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What links Euro 2016, the ITUC’s Global Rights Index and worker safety?

Why companies need to attend ETI’s course on workers’ voice and freedom of association.
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China’s rising tide of strikes

China must deal with worker unrest. Can it learn anything from a thousand-year-old Viking king? 
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New UN report on marginalised workers’ rights to freedom of association

The right to join a trade union is enshrined within ETI’s Base Code as a basic labour standard. Ensuring workers are represented is also a key pillar in our 2015-2020 strategy.

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