The informal economy and export processing zones Summary This publication examines areas of women's work in the world economy which have been largely ignored by labour market statistics, media headlines and research projects. It provides basic information on the informal economy and export processing zones, in which the...March 2010

Report produced by the UK CCC (Labour Behind the Label) that details how major British retailers lack any coherent strategy to ensure a living wage for the people who make their clothes. Many of the biggest brands have publicly accepted that garment workers' wages need to...October 2009

Violation of Labour and Women’s Rights in the Discount Business SÜDWIND Institut für Ökonomie und Ökumene (part of the German CCC) published a study on the labour conditions in supplier factories of the Aldi Group. The research carried out in Chinese factories that supply special bargains...February 2009

CCC - Germany Labour force at a discount price. A good deal for all? Globalisation and discounting are closely related. About 90 percent of our clothing is produced in Asia, Central America, Eastern Europe and several countries in Africa. The majority of retailing companies, such as...September 2008

The fashion industry has always struggled to talk about the living wage in an open and consistent way. Two years ago, brands and retailers said it wasn't a problem, or that if it was, it was somebody else's. Last year they agreed that they ought to...September 2008

Suedwind Working conditions in Aldi's suppliers in China and Indonesia: Suggestions for consumer and trade union action. The largest German and European discounter, Aldi, is selling its clothing bargains at a high price: in its study, the SÜDWIND Institute provides evidence of unprecedented violations of labour laws...August 2007