The background Around 80% of garment workers in Bangladesh are women. The garment sector has seen massive growth in the past 5 years with a 106% rise in garment sector exports. This has created huge economic opportunities for women, who prior to this worked mainly in informal enterprise or domestic work. However, it is clear that the economic opportunity presented by employment in the garment ... Read more
Workshop on Collective Bargaining Contracts in Guangdong, China – 30th January 2015
Impactt held a workshop on Collective Bargaining and Collective Contracts in Guangdong Province on 30th January 2015. The 30 attendees included government officials, brand representatives, international and local NGOs, and lawyers. The workshop was timely as a regulations on trade unions in China have proved an obstacle to collective bargaining in the past. However, in recent years, there has ... Read more
