| Reports from the different Clean Clothes Campaigns and projects - July - November 2006 |
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Dec 7th, 2006 Reports from the different Clean Clothes Campaigns and projects July - November 2006
 Austria - Clean Clothes-KampagnePublic Awareness Campaigns China Tour From the September 14th to September 17th Yuk Yuk Choi and Jenny Chan from China visited Austria. The Austrian CCC organised a press conference, a panel discussion after a cinema showing of "China Blue", and a seminar. The media coverage was very good, a fact high-lighted by a report in the Austrian TV News. Other activities and Events
We posted a report on the Austrian CCC website of the Paxar case with a sample protest letter. An action request was sent out to the UA-Activists. 746 protest letters were sent from the Austrian CCC website. We reported about the Paxar case in the Newsletter of the Austrian CCC. North Sails We were in contact with ITGLWF and Austrian metal and textile workers union GMT on the OECD complaint. Until now we have spread around 1000 protest postcards and have collected around 200 signatures. Bangladesh We wrote a report and two updates about the developments in Bangladesh (during the summer). We reported about Bangladesh in the Newsletter of the Austrian CCC in July. We published a report and one update about the minimum wages in Bangladesh on the website of the Austrian CCC plus one sample letter addressed to BGMEA and BKMEA and one sample letter addressed to New Yorker, Kik, NKD, Hofer and Lidl. An action request was sent out to the UA-Activists, until October 1424 protest letters were sent from the Austrian CCC website. New Publications and Materials Action handbook We have published a printed version of the CCC Action handbook. Belgium North - Schone Kleren Campagne Public Awareness
Workwear Lanka We are keeping in touch with our partner Anton Marcus and Maquila Solidarity Network, and we are pressuring the Belgian buyer Midera. Hermosa - El Salvador One Belgian NGO (FOS) is taking up this appeal. Harvest Rich - Bangladesh We sent a letter to Carrefour, and are following up with trade union delegates of Carrefour. Companies
Ongoing activities. Belgium South - Campagne Vêtements Propres Public Awareness Campaigns World Cup We released the "Off side"-report together with Oxfam Magasins du monde, and got attention for the urgent appeal on Panarub (see urgent appeal section below). Public Procurement We did a pre-election campaign for the local elections, in coalition with environment and development organisations through local groups requesting engagement from the candidates on several issues, among them public procurement of work wear. Twenty local communities committed themselves. We will follow up with a technical manual, indicators of progress and an annual evaluation involving local groups. Giant supermarkets We are working together with Attac, trade unions, NGOs, rural organisations and consumer groups on the negative impacts of big supermarkets on several issues (among them workers in production and retailing). We are doing public awareness work (Attac university and follow up). One of the possible next steps will be to work on a proposal for a European directive against the abusive use of the supermarkets' dominant position. China visit Our five Chinese guests (Patrick, Vikky, Staphany, Lai Ha and Michael) were staying in Belgium from the 30th of September to the 4th of October. Most of the programme was co-organised by the two Belgian campaigns:
We re-launched the trade union campaign to request clean work wear in private and public enterprises and institutions. Solidarity Work Urgent Appeals Bangladesh
We have launched an urgent appeal during the World Cup (1700 e-mails were sent to adidas), and had a meeting with Perbupas and GSBI in Indonesia in August. Thailand - Gina We are following up the urgent appeal together with Oxfam solidarity. Companies Pilot for independent verification, using the FWF, in the work wear sector After a first discussion initiated by the sectoral trade unions in the social dialogue structure, together with the Belgian garment producers federation, this employer federation agreed to be part of the project. The same process still needs to be finalised with the employers of the laundry sector. A first presentation of the pilot project to the companies took place on the 21st of November. Public Authorities Ethical Procurement See "Campaigns". Public social label We are moving towards the creation (through a law) of a public foundation with a yearly budget of 900.000 euros to raise awareness of the consumers and companies of the public labels (social label and euro ecological labels). New Publications and Materials
Germany - Kampagne für 'Saubere' Kleidung Public Awareness Campaigns World Cup - Campaign
We are building a coalition with representatives of the protestant church, are pressuring Karstadt Quelle to attend in a follow up meeting on the case, and had a meeting with KQ to hand over 500 signatures of church representatives from all over the world. Bangladesh/Riots We sent an appeal for action to the German Embassy in Dhaka (September). Philippines Appeal We sent an appeal for action to adidas (October). Panarub/Indonesia We launched a public appeal (June) and contacted adidas.Partner ActivitiesWe organised a training workshop of the CoC Network Jakarta on codes of conduct and the impact of the expiry of the ATC (2-4 August 2006 Depok).Companies Brand related work
International secretariat - Clean Clothes Campaign CoordinationOrganisation Euromeeting and 10 YEARS CCC partyThe IS, together with the Belgian CCCs, organised and coordinated the European meeting, November 16th and 17th, Brussels, and we subsequently celebrated 10 YEARS of CCC. Preparation International Forum The IS is, with the input of the European CCCs, working on the preparation of the International Forum. The outcomes of the Brussels Euromeeting will give the necessary guidance for this. CCC work in "new" countries The IS has been supporting the Norwegian organisation Future in our hands in setting up the CCC in Norway. Also, talks are going on with organisations in Portugal and Denmark, about making CCC related work in their countries more structured, and eventually move into a CCC coalition. Book History of the CCC The IS has started preparing for a book on the history of the CCC as a movement, coinciding with the secretariat existing for over 15 years, many CCCs for 10 years and the International Forum coming up. The expected writer, Liesbeth Sluiter, is at this moment busy applying for funds and finding a publisher. China Meeting and tour Representatives from six Hong Kong / mainland partner organisations toured Europe in September. On the 27th and 28th the CCC China Strategy days were organised in Cambridge, where also representatives from Global Unions, Oxfam and others participated. The first day was more general on strategies to improve the workers' situation in China, and strategies for European groups to support our HK and mainland partners. The second day focused on possibilities for campaigning towards the Beijing Olympics. Solidarity Work Urgent Appeals In addition to ongoing casework, the IS UA team followed up on new cases from the Philippines, Cambodia and Bangladesh. During this period the IS UA team worked on finalising the UA manual and preparing the UA training workshop (focusing on media work and dialogue with companies), which was held in the UK on Sept. 26th. The manual is now being revised to include inputs from the training. The IS team discussed the issues of strategic decision-making in relation to UA case selection; based on this discussion an input document was written for the November Euro meeting. Work is underway on a publication focusing on the successful aspects of CCC UA work. Funding: In mid-July the Sigrid Rausing Trust informed us that they would fund CCC UA work during 2006/07. In consultation with the European CCCs a decision was made to distribute these funds to several CCCs to support their UA work. Companies Monitoring and Verification Jo-In update 8-20 July 2006 - Turkish trade unions, NGOs, business associations, factory management, and brand representatives assembled in Istanbul to participate in Jo-In's training seminar. Offered in Turkish to businesses in one day and to non-businesses over the course of two days, the training clarified similarities and differences among the six and reviewed various tools, such as complaints mechanisms, that can be accessed by local stakeholders in their efforts to improve workplace conditions. In developing the training, the six organisations in Jo-In sought a clearer, more efficient alternative to the practice of holding six separate trainings for stakeholders in countries where many or all of the six organisations work. The Jo-In training materials can be used for local stakeholder training around the world and are available from the Jo-In website. A local working group meeting was held in August, and a next one is planned for November. The assessments are presently underway at 5 factories. The outcomes will be discussed at the next steering committee/stakeholder forum which will be organised early next year. Brand related workCCC staff participated in the public part of the MFA Forum meeting early September in London, which focused on Bangladesh. Brands sourcing in Bangladesh were subsequently approached on issues relating to wages and the EPZ law. Public AuthoritiesCCC provided input (in writing and during a meeting) for Richard Howitt, reporter to the EP on CSR. New Publications and Materials New international newsletter A new newsletter was published in October 2006, containing articles on World Cup campaigning, Jo-In, Low-Cost Retailers, the national CCC Belgium South, urgent appeals and new resources. The Netherlands - Schone Kleren Kampagne Public AwarenessTrue BlueTrue Blue (www.true-blue.info) was a joint campaign by the Dutch CCC, Amnesty International, Fair Wear Foundation, Goede Waar & Co (consumer organisation) and Cinema Delicatessen (distributor of the China Blue Movie) with the aim to raise awareness of working conditions in the Chinese garment industry. The campaign was launched at the release of China Blue in the film theatres on September 14, a documentary on the life of a young Chinese garment worker in a jeans factory. From 18 - 20 September, Yuk Yuk Choi (Worker Empowerment) and Jenny Chan (SACOM) were in the Netherlands. We organised three debates in different film theatres with the audience after seeing the documentary, a meeting for our platform organisations, a guest lecture at a fashion school and Amnesty International organised a company screening on CSR & China. There was a lot of interest by the media for Yuk Yuk Choi and Jenny Chan: coverage in two national newspapers, one regional newspaper and two radio stations. Up till now, requests from schools and fashion institutes come in to see China Blue and having a program/discussion along with it. Groen Licht (Green Light) This will be a new campaign focusing on the public transport sector. The aim is to raise awareness amongst workers working in this sector through union channels and the workers councils in public transport companies, the commitment of public transport companies to the purchase of clean representative clothing, and to get garment companies become a FWF member. New material comprises a poster, leaflet and action card. A CCC-bus tour to the HQ's of the public transport companies is scheduled for 2007. An interactive web portal will be set up where buyers for work wear (including also representative wear) can ask questions. The portal will be developed and piloted by the Dutch CCC, if successful it will be translated into French and English. Solidarity Work Urgent Appeals Fibre & Fabrics International - India The Dutch CCC and the India Committee in the Netherlands (ICN) are publicly campaigning on G-Star. We contacted G-Star in October 2005 after information about appalling labour conditions (including verbal and physical abuse) in FFI and JKPL (suppliers in Bangalore, India) was uncovered by the local union GATWU. From March 2006, G-Star kept silent, while additional interviews with workers uncovered new disturbing information. Late May, we issued a protest letter. G-Star questioned the validity of the violations and started blaming the CCC and the local union GATWU of causing a conflict. Since late July, the CCC and the ICN hold off dialogue with G-Star because of a restraining order placed on GATWU and other Indian labour rights organisations. This court order prevents them from sharing information about the labour situation in FFI and JKPL with others within and outside India. Late August, FFI/JKPL applied for contempt of court proceedings. Thus far the defendants are not heard; the hearing is now postponed to December. In October, the Dutch CCC and the ICN filed an OECD complaint. Companies C&A In September, the CCC, FNV and LBC (Belgian union) spoke with C&A related to the report by the Brazilian research organisation Observatorio Social uncovering that C&A's suppliers are subcontracting production to unregistered workshops exploiting illegal immigrants from neighbouring countries. C&A stated an investigation to their (sub) contracting chain in Brazil. C&A spoke to all their suppliers and contacted a migrant organisation to support the illegal migrants. Furthermore C&A´s Code of Conduct and Socam were discussed. Pilot project company data base The Dutch CCC participated in the pilot phase of this project. Hema (BSCI member) is submitted to the database. Hema did fill in the requested questions but did not sent ant additional documents to support their statements. Project on Transparency The Dutch CCC did a quick research on three companies about their transparency on the availability and reliability of information concerning labour conditions, from a consumers´ point of view. Information was gathered in the shops (are shop keepers able to tell you?), from the internet and website and by calling the companies. This research is one of the case studies that will be input for a debate that SOMO will organise in December on this issue of the need form more legislation on transparency. New Publications and Materials Dutch newsletter ´Schoon Genoeg´, November 2006. Norway - Kampanjen Rene KlærWe are not formally established yet but hope to be so soon. We have contacted different organisations with the aim of cooperation and are following up these communications now.Public Awareness Campaigns We have not engaged in any campaign yet but have plans to join the campaign on OL in Bejing 2008.Other activities and EventsWe organised a workshop about Urgent Appeals at Changemaker's (Norwegian Church Aid youth organisation) weekend seminar in October.At the Future in Our Hands annual meeting a lecture on CCCs aim and working methods was held and all FIOHs local groups took part in this. We have started work on some urgent appeals involving Norwegian brands. New Publications and Materials We have started to translate the Swedish brochure "Om Rena Kläder" ("About Clean Clothes") into Norwegian. Our website www.reneklaer.no is registered and the design work has started. Spain - Campaña Ropa LimpiaPublic Awareness Campaigns Public procurement: see "Public Authorities"Other activities and EventsPress releases
2. A new UA leaflet was published by CRL Valencia. Companies Brand related workEL CORTE INGLÉS (ECI) See "Street action". July: meeting with the companies El Corte Inglés and INDUYCO (principal clothes supplier of El Corte Inglés) together with Intermón Oxfam, CECU (critical consumer organisation), two other NGOs and CRL to get information about their suppliers and their codes of conduct. El Corte Inglés is the main department store in Spain, it has more than 30.000 suppliers.Bangladesh: we raised the issue at the meeting and sent ECI a letter in relation to the labour unrest in Bangladesh (ECI is sourcing from Bangladesh). INDUYCO See "Street action". We sent them a letter in relation to the labour unrest in Bangladesh (INDUYCO is sourcing from Bangladesh). Surprisingly, a CSR representative attended the conference "Made in China" and the screening of China Blue in Barcelona. ADOLFO DOMINGUEZ Good news: they've abandoned the BSCI and have joined the ETI recently. They are in regular contact with CRL Galicia to share information. INDITEX See Urgent Appeals. MANGOWe sent them a letter in relation to the labour unrest in Bangladesh (MANGO is sourcing from Bangladesh). Public AuthoritiesEthical Procurement21st of September: presentation of Public Procurement Programme at the Conference "Ecoprocura" (about ethical public procurement) in Barcelona. 5th of October: meeting with Patrick and Staphany (see "China") 22nd of October: Public Procurement booklet printed again (1.000 booklets) 22nd of October: new leaflet of Public Procurement Programme 25th of October: the first e-newsletter of the "Xarxa per la Compra Pública Ética" releasedNew Publications and MaterialsSee "Ethical public procurement in Catalonia" and "urgent appeals".We are working on some new audiovisual materials:
Sweden - Rena KläderPublic Awareness Campaigns Public Procurement - Mina Skattepengar - My Tax MoneyIn July we arranged a big national event during the annual "Politician week" (a huge PR/politician/media event) on the island Gotland. 25 of our local activists took part in the activities and among other things we arranged a seminar/panel with the title "Social responsibility - what can the public learn from the private". Amongst the participants were Ingrid Schullström from H&M, Wanja Lunby Wedin (president of the biggest trade union confederation), Kristian Karlsson from the neo-liberal think thank Timbro and Fredrik Malm (president of the Youth Association of the Liberal Party). It was a popular seminar with about 80 people in the audience. During the week we got a lot of attention and positive reactions from the politicians visiting the Politician week and some media attention too. The campaign has continued on a local level. In seven cities local campaign groups have been formed and they now target their local politicians in the municipality and the county council. Two weeks before the Swedish general election we released an overview of the answers from all parties in the parliament about there position on ethical demands in public procurement. Regarding to the answers, 5 of 7 parties have a positive attitude concerning ethical demands. One of the biggest Swedish newspapers wrote an article on the subject. A training on how to affect politicians and communicate our demands better was organised in November. 25 of our local activists took part. We are also planning to release a report on work wear used by the police in late November. Play Fair 2006 Play Fair 2006 in Sweden focused on two Swedish sportswear retailers, Stadium and Team Sportia, and the Swedish Olympic Committee. During the summer we had meetings with Stadium and Team Sportia and they talked a lot, but so far we have seen no action. Finally, we received an answer from the Swedish Olympic Committee and we had a meeting with the General Secretary Gunilla Lindberg in November. During June, July and August the platform members Youth of The Swedish Church and Red Cross Youth Association have arranged a tour to several music festivals as a part of this campaign. They have visited six music festivals and raised 8000 postcards to put pressure on Stadium, Team Sportia and SOC.Other activities and EventsBook Fair 21-24 September Rena Kläder took part in the Book Fair in Gothenburg together with LO-TCO Secretariat of International Trade Union Development Co-operation, a member of the Swedish platform. We arranged seminars and presented our textbook "Is it worth it?" about trade, human rights and the garment industry to teachers. China Visit In September we had the opportunity to welcome Yuk Yuk Choi and Jenny Chan. During their visit we arranged several meetings and seminars in Stockholm and Gothenburg, among others a seminar at the Book Fair in Gothenburg with Swedish fair trade clothing production company DEM Collective on problems in the garment industry in Asia. Unfortunately we did not get much media attention about their visit. Rena Kläder training 21-22 October Rena Kläder held an activist training. 13 activists participated and the majority were members of The Commercial Employees´ Union and Red Cross youth association. The education focused on Play Fair 2006 and public procurement. Solidarity Work Urgent AppealsBangladesh All big retailers in Sweden have information about the situation in Bangladesh but just a few of them (H&M, Varner Group and New Wave) say that they use suppliers in Bangladesh. We have communicated all information about the work to increase the minimum wage and we urge them to take action now. At the 30th of October the situation in Bangladesh was highlighted on the national television news and we commented on the situation. Gina We are in dialogue with Lindex and Clover Group. Lindex orders from Clover Group factories in Cambodia and China but not from Gina and therefore they do not accept their responsibility. Lindex has told us that they are soon going to do audits in the factories in China and Cambodia. Lanka Workwear We have been in contact with Ejendals in Sri Lanka several times and the ILO has made a recommendation but so far the situation has not changed. Companies Brand related work Fashion Report The report focuses on nine smaller, Swedish fashion companies and was released in the beginning of July. We got a lot of media attention in newspapers and the report was highlighted on the national tv news. A month after the release we followed up with a public seminar where three of the companies in the report took part in the debate together with the Commercial Employees´ Union and the Red Cross Youth Association. The report concludes that 4 of the 9 companies do not even have a Code of Conduct. None of the companies monitor their code. Indiska Report H&M took part in the Swedish pilot that was conducted a couple of years ago. Indiska is another company that participated in the same pilot. Now when the H&M report is finished Rena Kläder have started to prepare a similar report about Indiska. The release was planned for August or September but is postponed because we want the writer to visit some of Indiska's largest suppliers. It will now be released in late December. Public AuthoritiesEthical ProcurementMina Skattepengar See "Campaigns".New Publications and Materials Questionnaire to all parties in the parliament About there position on ethical demands in public procurement. In Swedish. Fashion Report About nine, smaller, Swedish fashion companies. In Swedish. Flyer For the public procurement campaign, "My Tax Money". In Swedish. UK Labour Behind the LabelPublic Awareness Campaigns 'Let's Clean Up Fashion' campaign
We had an e-action on our website. We wrote to the British High Commissioner, and to all high street retailers about the situation, and met with one (Next). LBL staff went to speak at the European Parliament, and has been in touch with MEPs. Gina Form We did a demonstration outside Calvin Klein's store in London. There is an e-action on our website. G-star We did a demonstration outside the G-star store in London. There is an e-action on our website. Paxar We were in touch with UK brands about this. Harvest rich A TV station found child labour in a factory supplying Tesco and Marks & Spencer in Bangladesh. We have been in touch with the brands and via ETI as it appears the children have just been fired as a result. Companies Fair trade cotton The following retailers have launched or announced ranges made with Fair trade cotton: Marks & Spencer, Monsoon, Sainsbury's. We met with all three before they launched, and successfully got articles in the trade press explaining the problems with Fair trade cotton. Between 4 and 14 major high street companies will launch a fair trade cotton range next year. Arcadia groupFollowing our campaign last year, we were invited to meet with Topshop, one of the brands in the Arcadia group we have been campaigning on for years.They are developing a CSR policy and while it is not clear how serious their commitment is, it is still a very positive situation. New Publications and Materials
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