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Time for workshops: 14:00-16:00
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Workshop 2
Migrant Labour: urgent response required
Chair: Jack Dromey – Deputy General Secretary, Transport and General Workers Union
Speakers:
Government of India, Economic Advisor to the Ministry of Women and Child Development Manjula Krishnana
ILO Senior Migration Specialist Patrick Taran
Verite Southeast Asia Program Director Marie Apostol
Gap Director of Global Partnerships Lakshmi Bahatia,
Next Practice Manager Bernice Leppard and
Next South Asia Manager Vikram Pandita.
Companies are increasingly reporting a rapid growth in migrant and contract workers in their supply chains. Workers are often drawn from some of the most vulnerable members of the community. This issue is likely to be one of the major challenges in the next decade and companies need to be well equipped to deal with it.
This workshop will help you to:
• understand the issues associated with migrant and contract workers
• hear from brands and retailers, NGOs and trade unions about how they are dealing with detection and remediation
• identify the actions that need to be taken to address this growing problem. |
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Workshop 3
Industrial relations: raise the bar
Chair: Lord Anthony Young – ETI Vice-Chair
Speakers:
IUF Africa Region, Regional Secretary Hella Alikuru
Riverrich Managing Director Albert Cheung Inditex Corporate Responsibility Manager Aleix Gonzalez
National Union of Plantation, Agriculture and Allied Workers Kunda Mutebele
It is clear that labour codes will only deliver sustainable improvements to working conditions if workers are actively engaged and participate in the whole process. Urgent progress needs to be made in this area.
This workshop will:
• provide practical examples of where brands and suppliers are currently tackling this issue in unique and groundbreaking ways
• identify what to do if you receive complaints about trade union abuses in your supply chains
• outline how you can make progress in this area at the same time as delivering business benefits.
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Workshop 4 – FULL
Core business practices: make it your business
Chair: Pins Brown – Ethical Trade consultant
Speakers:
Asda George, Global Sourcing Director Jon Wragg
Women Working World Wide Maggie Burns
C & S Productions Balu Shamdas,
Union Hand Roasted Steven Macatonia ,
The need to ensure that buying practices do not undermine the efforts of suppliers to improve working conditions lies at the heart of ETI’s work. Since our last conference, companies have taken new steps to integrate ethical trade considerations into their buying practices and decision-making through bold change programmes.
This workshop will:
• showcase examples of forward-thinking change programmes
• identify the critical steps required to integrate ethical considerations into buying practices
• provide an opportunity for discussion on the challenges and how to move forward on this issue in the current economic climate. |
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Workshop 5
Living Wage: make it a reality
Chair Dan Rees – Director of the Ethical Trading Initiative
Speakers:
Labour behind the Label Sam Maher,
New Look Supply Chain Director Alan Osborne, Managing Director, Echo Shafiqul Hassan and Professor and Chair in Ethical Fashion, Northumbria University Doug Miller
Progress on ensuring payment of a living wage has been very limited over the last decade, yet it is the most consistent and pressing need that workers in supply chains identify. The raft of recent media exposes linking cheap high street prices to low wages has brought this issue higher up the corporate agenda, and new steps are now being taken to address this challenging issue.
This workshop will:
• provide examples of where suppliers have taken steps to improve wages without reducing their commercial advantage
• show how brands have started working with and supporting suppliers to deliver on this aspect of the labour code
• provide an opportunity to debate the key challenges and identify how they can be overcome. |
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