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.

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.

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.

The minimum wage for garment workers in Bangladesh has been raised. Is it enough and will workers get the full benefit? 

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.

A footprint of poverty in Kenyan fresh produce: Oxfam’s new report with IPL

Peter Williams represents Home-Workers Worldwide and coordinates ETI's NGO Caucus. He hopes that ETI members are learning from the horse meat saga.