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The Clean Clothes Campaign has claimed social audits in the garment
sector are ‘falling short’ by failing to identify breaches of labour
standards in factories.
The campaign, which is an international network of trade unions and NGOs that aims to improve conditions in the sector, says its survey of 670 workers from 40 factories around the world found auditing often failed to detect abusive treatment of workers, lack of freedom of association and excessive overtime.
Campaign spokeswoman Ineke Zeldenrust said: ‘The researchers found that workers and their organizations are often marginalized in the social audit process and that the reality in the workplace is missed.’
Among reasons given for poor auditing results were employees being ‘totally bypassed’ by auditors or being too frightened to reveal workplace problems because they were interviewed in front of management.
The study, based on research in Bangladesh, China, Kenya, India, Indonesia, Morocco, Pakistan and Romania, found social audits were often ‘short, superficial, and sloppy’.
The campaign, which is an international network of trade unions and NGOs that aims to improve conditions in the sector, says its survey of 670 workers from 40 factories around the world found auditing often failed to detect abusive treatment of workers, lack of freedom of association and excessive overtime.
Campaign spokeswoman Ineke Zeldenrust said: ‘The researchers found that workers and their organizations are often marginalized in the social audit process and that the reality in the workplace is missed.’
Among reasons given for poor auditing results were employees being ‘totally bypassed’ by auditors or being too frightened to reveal workplace problems because they were interviewed in front of management.
The study, based on research in Bangladesh, China, Kenya, India, Indonesia, Morocco, Pakistan and Romania, found social audits were often ‘short, superficial, and sloppy’.
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