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11.8 million worldwide job losses in textile & garment sector
10 Apr '09
4 min read
• Demands for wage cuts and the lowering of working conditions as a means of dealing with the crisis are unacceptable should be strongly rejected;
• Demands for the payment of a living wage throughout the industry should be vigorously pursued as a key stimulus for increasing local consumption and driving recovery;
• Training and retraining, particularly of displaced workers or those working reduced hours, should be an important element in preparing workers with new skills or, where the sector has a limited future, to prepare for alternative employment;
• Companies in the sector must be provided with access to credit at reasonable interest rates;
• Workers and their trade unions must be enabled to play a full role, at all level, in tackling the crisis and in the development of strategies for recovery;
• A collaborative approach, at country level, should be fostered through the creation at the of tripartite economic and social councils for the industry in all important producing nations;
• Trade unions everywhere must rise to the challenge of organizing and adequately representing workers in the face of crisis;
• The international institutions including the World Bank and the International Labour Organization must join in a global collaborative effort to ease the impact of the crisis and to plan for recovery;
• In particular, the ILO must use the crisis to drive adherence to its core Conventions and insist that Member States enact and fully implement legislation to achieve these aims;
• The MFA Forum, which includes all the key players including governments, the international institutions, including the ILO and the World Bank, buyers, manufacturers, trade unions and civil society bodies institutions must play a pivotal role in developing a comprehensive short, medium and long term action plan for the survival and growth of the industry.
• Demands for the payment of a living wage throughout the industry should be vigorously pursued as a key stimulus for increasing local consumption and driving recovery;
• Training and retraining, particularly of displaced workers or those working reduced hours, should be an important element in preparing workers with new skills or, where the sector has a limited future, to prepare for alternative employment;
• Companies in the sector must be provided with access to credit at reasonable interest rates;
• Workers and their trade unions must be enabled to play a full role, at all level, in tackling the crisis and in the development of strategies for recovery;
• A collaborative approach, at country level, should be fostered through the creation at the of tripartite economic and social councils for the industry in all important producing nations;
• Trade unions everywhere must rise to the challenge of organizing and adequately representing workers in the face of crisis;
• The international institutions including the World Bank and the International Labour Organization must join in a global collaborative effort to ease the impact of the crisis and to plan for recovery;
• In particular, the ILO must use the crisis to drive adherence to its core Conventions and insist that Member States enact and fully implement legislation to achieve these aims;
• The MFA Forum, which includes all the key players including governments, the international institutions, including the ILO and the World Bank, buyers, manufacturers, trade unions and civil society bodies institutions must play a pivotal role in developing a comprehensive short, medium and long term action plan for the survival and growth of the industry.
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