Women Workers and the Promise of Ethical Trade in the Globalised Garment Industry: A Serious Beginning?
Women Workers and the Promise of Ethical Trade in the Globalised Garment Industry: A Serious Beginning?
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女工与全球化服装行业道德贸易的承诺：一个严肃的开始？
作者：
A. Hale;L. Shaw
本文件概述了道德贸易倡议的最新发展，特别是公司行为守则的制定情况，并考虑了它们为改善国际服装业工人的劳动条件所提供的前景。它认为，该行业的两个具体特点-基于国际分包的竞争性生产系统和主要使用女性生产工人-可能会破坏以法规为基础的战略的有效发展。尽管如此，ETI核心的劳工权利议程确实为劳工活动家提供了一个空间，无论是在正式工会结构内还是在正式工会结构外运作，都可以围绕全球生产网络开展活动和建立联系。
The paper gives an overview of the recent development within the Ethical Trade Initiative (ETI), especially the development of corporate codes of conduct, and considers the prospects they offer for improving labour conditions for workers in the international garments industry. It argues that two specific features of the industry—competitive production systems based on international subcontracting and the use of predominantly female production workers—are likely to undermine the effective development of a codes-based strategy. Nevertheless, the labour rights agenda at the centre of ETI does provide a space for labour activists, whether operating in or out of formal union structures, to build campaigns and connections around global production networks.