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Letter to garment companies to continue Bangladesh Safety Accord
Letter from the Clean Clothes Campaign, FNV, CNV, India Committee of the Netherlands and SOMO to Dutch companies affiliated with the Bangladesh Accord. In this letter (Dutch only), the organisations strongly urge the companies for…
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Labour rights violations in the Indonesian palm oil sector
Hidden subcontracting in the garment industry
SOMO’s new fact sheet focuses on hidden subcontracting in the garment industry. It offers buying companies a set of recommendations to minimise the risk of unauthorised subcontracting and to ensure that production is taking place…
CNV partners and staff trained on Corporate Accountability & Grievance Mechanisms
SOMO, in cooperation with CNV Internationaal, has organised a 2.5 day training for trade unions on developing company research and intervention strategies, with the aim to prevent, stop and remedy corporate misconduct. The training provided…
Industry organisations’ action plan generates little action among garment companies
At thursday 30 October, the annual congress ‘Groen is de rode draad’ (Green is the red thread) by industry organisations Modint, InRetail and VGT took place. The industry organisations presented a status update of the…
The new SOMO Factsheet offers brands and retailers ways to prevent child labour
Child labour remains a major problem in the global clothing and textile industry. It occurs throughout all stages of the production process, from the cotton fields to the clothing factories. Publication / March 1, 2014…
SOMO training on action research and grievance mechanisms in Ghana
How can trade unions effectively address labour rights violations that take place in the cocoa sector in Ghana on an international level? Two SOMO researchers, Sanne van der Wal and Irene Schipper, travelled to Ghana…