Forced labour is a symptom of a wider malaise facing workers in global supply chains. Governance gaps and skewed business structures are exacerbating inequality and must be tackled for workers to be properly protected.
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.
Rachel Wilshaw, Oxfam’s Ethical Trade Manager looks back on the astonishing 20 year rise of Fairtrade. And asks if it's time the UK government intervened on banana pricing.
Work is double-edged: while it provides the main opportunity for people to escape poverty, without respect for workers' rights, it keeps them locked into it.
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