The Recommendation requests countries to implement their Social Protection Floors as early as possible in national development processes .
The Promise and Peril of Post-MFA Apparel Production - 0 views
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World Bank note (May 2012) on wage and poverty alleviation trends linked to the garment sector. "A radical shift in apparel production between countries over the last few years has had mixed results in wages and poverty reduction across the developing world. This is particularly true since the end of the Multi-Fibre Arrangement (MFA) and the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC) in 2005, which abolished export and import quotas. While most people predicted that China would gain, because of low wages, and all others would lose, many other Asian apparel exporters in fact benefited, such as Bangladesh, India, Vietnam and Pakistan. And not just because of low wages -salaries tended to increase in most exporting countries-but because of domestic policies supporting the textile industry. On the other hand, countries like Honduras, Mexico, Morocco and Sri Lanka experienced falling apparel employment, something that would appear to be bad news as jobs for women and workers most likely to be closest to poverty, were lost. But Mexico's experience suggests that shifting out of apparel may not be necessarily negative news when the country is moving up the value chain into more advanced manufacturing. In fact, this would be a sign of economic development as long as the shift into higher-value goods and services is possible. What matters is for countries to have policies that focus on improving competitiveness in the long-run, but also workforce programs to help workers make the transition. Increasing apparel exports is a good thing for poverty reduction in developing countries but moving up the ladder is an inevitable step in the quest for prosperity. Let's allow the textile industry to keep moving across borders and to help countries lift themselves out of poverty."
New ILO Recommendation calls for Social Protection Floor for all - 0 views
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Countries are encouraged to establish social protection floors (**) as a “fundamental element of their national social security systems” and as part of their social, economic and environmental development plans. Those countries who cannot afford the basic social protection measures could seek international cooperation and support to complement their own efforts.
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The new ILO Recommendation is the first autonomous one to be voted on social security in 68 years. It comes 24 years after the last legal instrument on social protection was discussed by delegates from governments, workers and employers back in 1988.
DFID Private-sector-approach-paper-May2011 - 0 views
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DFID's new private sector policy paper "Our new approach to working with the private sector is about us doing more with and for private enterprise, extending this work in new areas, and doing it better. We want private sector thinking to become as much part of DFID's DNA as our work with charities and governments. The new approach will deliver results for poor people: better job opportunities and incomes; more readily available and affordable finance for households and small businesses; and more accessible, better quality healthcare, schooling and basic services."
World Bank's flagship report makes the case for gender equality - 0 views
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World Development Report 2012 - Gender equality and development
Shenzhen trade union promises more direct elections | China Labour Bulletin - 0 views
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Direct elections at enterprise trade unions will become increasingly commonplace in Shenzhen, the deputy head of the city’s trade union federation, Wang Tongxin, predicted following the highly publicised election of a new trade union chairman at the Omron electronics factory in Shenzhen this weekend.
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Although relatively few enterprise trade unions have direct elections at the moment, Wang said, the union federation would heavily promote direct elections so that in the future such events “will not be news, nor pioneering, but rather just normal work practice.” The union is already targeting some 163 enterprises in the city, each employing upwards of 1,000 workers, for direct elections over the coming year, he told the Southern Metropolis Daily.
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The election came about as a direct result of a strike by several hundred workers at the plant two months earlier on 29 March demanding better pay and benefits as well as a more representative and effective trade union at the plant.
Indonesia: Historic Pact Today Strengthens Sportswear Workers' Union Rights - ITUC-CSI-IGB - 0 views
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Historic agreement has been signed regarding trade union rights in factories in Indonesia. The pact was signed by Indonesian textile, clothing and footwear unions, major supplier factories and the major sportswear brands, including Adidas, Nike and Puma.
McKinsey report on global labour market trends - June 2012 - 0 views
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Over the past three decades, as developing economies industrialized and began to compete in world markets, a global labor market started taking shape. As more than one billion people entered the labor force, a massive movement from “farm to factory” sharply accelerated growth of productivity and per capita GDP in China and other traditionally rural nations, helping to bring hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. To raise productivity, developed economies invested in labor-saving technologies and tapped global sources of low-cost labor.
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Today, the strains on this market are becoming increasingly apparent. In advanced economies, demand for high-skill labor is now growing faster than supply, while demand for low-skill labor remains weak. Labor’s overall share of income, or the share of national income that goes to worker compensation, has fallen, and income inequality is growing as lower-skill workers—including 75 million young people—experience unemployment, underemployment, and stagnating wages.
China and ILO sign South-South cooperation agreement - 0 views
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Under the “Partnership Agreement for Promoting Technical Cooperation with a Focus on South-South Initiatives”, the People’s Republic of China is committing US$1 million over three years to support South-South cooperation and the Decent Work agenda. The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security of the People’s Republic of China will assist developing countries in Asia promote full employment and decent work, through innovative technical cooperation projects that will facilitate the dissemination of good practices.
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The agreement makes China the second of the so-called BRICS countries (Brazil, China, India, the Russian Federation, and South Africa) to sign a South-South agreement with the ILO.
China: Migrant workers earn more than graduates - 0 views
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A SURVEY by Tsinghua University of college graduates' income has once again attracted attention. It found that 69 percent of students who graduated in 2011 were paid less than 2,000 yuan (US$314) a month for their first job. Meanwhile, the National Statistics Bureau said migrant workers' monthly wages reached a record 2,049 yuan a month in 2011.
EU strategy on corporate responsibility - 0 views
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New EU communication on CSR and responsible business, issued 25 October 2011
2011 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 0 views
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2011 US State Dept analysis of human rights situation country-by-country. Includes labour rights.
The development of collective bargaining in China - two case studies - 0 views
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Article from China Labour Bulletin. Looks at labour disputes and related worker-management dialogue in two factories: Citizen Watch factory in Shenzhen and a Tesco supplier in Jinhua. Aims to give an insight into how labour disputes are being resolved in China and how collective bargaining processes are beginning to develop.
G20 Labour and Employment Ministers' Conclusions - Paris, 26-27 September 2011 - 0 views
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To achieve these objectives, we ask our Leaders to consider the following policy recommendations: I – Improve active employment policies, particularly for young people and other vulnerable groups
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II – Strengthen social protection by establishing social protection floors adapted to each country
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III – Promote effective application of social and labour rights
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China's factory activity shrinks further - 0 views
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China's factory activity shrank again in December as demand at home and abroad slackened, a purchasing managers' survey showed on Friday.
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"While the pace of slowdown is stabilising somewhat, weakening external demand is starting to bite," said Qu Hongbin, China economist at HSBC.
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China's once turbo-charged economy is on track to slow for a fourth successive quarter, easing further from the first quarter's 9.7% annual growth rate with economists expecting the final three months of the year to have slipped below 9.5%.
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Jayati Ghosh on aid to India - 0 views
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Jayati Ghosh says aid from Britain benefits the UK more than it does India, and makes a negligible difference to relieving poverty. She discusses India's rapid growth and its social and economic inequality, and calls for an economic strategy that focuses on secure employment
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Short video interview (3m) with Jayati Ghosh
Some thoughts on the outlook for Chinese factories in 2012 - 0 views
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Stephen Schwartz, chief economist-Asia at BBVA Research in Hong Kong, said he doesn’t see declining exports as a systematic problem at this stage because there’s enough demand on the domestic front. In the future, he said, it’s going to be very important for China to move to higher-valued added manufacturing and to increase productivity in order to offset higher wages. Although it’s a very slow process, he added, China’s ability to catch up quickly and do things quickly is always underestimated.
New Report from Human Rights Watch: Human Rights Conditions in South Africa's Fruit and... - 0 views
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Human Rights Watch report, Aug 2011. Workers in Western Cape province who help produce South Africa's renowned wines and fruit are denied adequate housing, proper safety equipment, and basic labor rights, HRW said in a report released today. The government of South Africa, along with the industries that employ these laborers, should take immediate steps to improve their working and housing conditions, HRW said. The 96-page report documents conditions that include on-site housing that is unfit for living, exposure to pesticides without proper safety equipment, lack of access to toilets or drinking water while working, and efforts to block workers from forming unions. While the Western Cape's fruit and wine industries contribute billions of rand to the country's economy, support tourism, and are enjoyed by consumers around the world, their farmworkers earn among the lowest wages in South Africa. The report also describes insecure tenure rights and threats of eviction for longtime residents on farms.
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