To kick-off Living Wage Week, ETI's Sabita Banerji examines the movement that is fast gaining volume and velocity. She analyses media coverage on living wages, and highlights our own efforts on this issue.
Over 150 people gathered at the ILO headquarters in Geneva to take part in a dialogue about wages and working hours in the industries behind most of what we wear; the textile, clothing, leather & footwear industries.
A growing labour shortage, rising skill levels and better wages are changing the nature of Chinese factories and the relationships between workers and employers.
A small news story tucked away on the back page of a Dhaka newspaper should remind us of why we need ethical trade urgently, thinks Stirling Smith, ETI trainer, writing from Dhaka.