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Living Wage Benchmarks ASIA FLOOR WAGE Global Living Wage Coalition What & Why ? To examine the impact of low wages on the wellbeing of garment workers and their families. To assist in making a case in sourcing countries and in

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Living Wage Benchmarks

ASIA FLOOR WAGE Global Living Wage Coalition

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What & Why ?

To examine the impact of low wages on the wellbeing of garment workers and their families.

  • To assist in making a case in sourcing countries and in Australia, for decent

work and living wages for garment workers.

  • Better understand the depth and complexity of interconnected issues.
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How ?

Research methodology and tools Pilot Validation workshop Interviews, FGDs, Case Studies Data validation and analysis Validation workshops Draft reports and feedback Final reports

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Who ?

Respondent Bangladesh Vietnam Factories 48 6 Workers 384 88 Supervisors 16 14 Owners and Managers 24 5 FGD 16 6 Trade unions/CSO/ Experts/ Gov. officials 10 48

IWTU

37.50 % 62.50 %

Bangladesh

Male Female 15% 75%

Vietnam

Male Female

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Health

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Education and family

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Generations of garment workers

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Child separation

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Sourcing Practices

  • Aggressive price negotiation
  • Reducing lead time and imposing

fines

  • Lack of long-term commitments
  • Lack of coordination
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What are we asking

  • Be transparent
  • Allow workers to organise
  • Make a credible commitment to living wages.
  • Publish timeframe to achieve key milestones
  • Develop and publish a living wage roadmap
  • Implement, monitor and report progress.
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ASX ASX Listed Companies:

  • Wesfarmers (Kmart, Target)
  • Woolworths Group Limited (Big W)
  • Premier Investments Limited (Just Jeans, Peter Alexander, Jacqui E, Portmans)
  • Myer Holdings Limited (Myer)
  • City Chic Collective Limited (City Chic)
  • Noni B Limited (Noni B, Rivers, Katies, Millers)
  • Pretty Girl Fashions (Rockmans)

No Non ASX Listed Co Companies:

  • Best & Less (incl. Harris Scarfe),
  • Hanes Australasia Limited (Bonds, Berlei, Explorers, Hestia, Voodoo)
  • Cotton On
  • Country Road
  • David Jones
  • Factory X (Gorman, Dangerfield)
  • ADT Group Holdings Pty (Forever New)
  • H&M
  • Zara
  • Glorious Sun Group (Jeanswest)
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‘Insider’ Strategies

  • Keep the brands informed about the

research and campaign activities;

  • One to one meetings to explain the asks;
  • Provide examples of good practices;
  • Sharing findings and executive summary

well ahead of time;

  • Workshop with brands to discuss key

findings and asks

  • Opportunity to respond
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Insider Strategies

  • Keep the brands informed about the

research and campaign activities;

  • One to one meetings to explain the asks;
  • Provide examples of good practices;
  • Sharing findings and executive summary

well ahead of time;

  • Workshop with brands to discuss key

findings and asks

Kmart, Target and Cotton On:

  • Joined Action Collaboration and Transformation
  • Published a strong commitment and timeframe towards improving purchasing

practices

City Chic:

  • 80% of workers are currently paid a living wage
  • Committed to ensure payment of living wages by 2020

H&M:

  • Joined Action Collaboration and Transformation
  • Published a strong commitment and reported progress on wage management

practices and democratically-elected worker representation. Big W, David Jones, Factory X, Forever New, Zara: Some progress Best & Less, Bonds, Country Road, Jeanswest, Just Group, Myer, Noni B: No or limited progress

Progress made by the brands

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What To watch out FOR

  • Is the brands’ suppliers list publicly available
  • Does the brand have a clear public commitment to living wages
  • Has the brand published a timeframe to achieve key milestones
  • Have they developed and published a living wage roadmap
  • Have they published sourcing policies to safeguard workers from

exploitation

  • How many suppliers have a Collective Bargaining Agreement and

trade union

  • How independent is the grievance mechanism
  • What is the human rights due diligence process
  • Are they compliant with the Modern Slavery Act
  • What different collaborative initiatives are they engaged in
  • How often the company reports verifiable progress
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What’s next?

  • Engage with brands
  • Engage with investors
  • Keep supporters/consumers involved
  • Collaborate with other organisations
  • Deeper dive into sourcing practices
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whatshemakes.oxfam.org.au/resources/

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Contact: Nayeem: nayeeme@oxfam.org.au Sarah: sarahdr@oxfam.org.au

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Questions?