Christina Rebel Christina Rebel

26/10/2009

OverviewOverview What is the Asia Floor Wage?

The State of the Global Garment Industry

AFW Targets

AFW Formulation

AFW’s Issue Linkages

Resources & FAQ’s

Conclusions

Both a Substantive & Strategic Concept

A Standardised & Comparable Demand

A Collective Bargaining Strategy

An Educational & Emancipatory Project

Consumer Awareness Ventures

What is the Asia Floor Wage?What is the Asia Floor Wage?

Asia Floor Wage AllianceAsia Floor Wage Alliance

International Secretariat – New Delhi Regional Steering Committees representing:

In alliance with: Jobs with Justice, USA Clean Clothes Campaign, The Netherlands Action Aid, UK

Asia-concentrated industry

Integrated across the Global Supply Chain

Frozen wage levels

Undermined Rights to Association

4-tiered market within Asia

Activism has a long & committed history

Lack of measurable & bargainable demands

State of Global Garment IndustryState of Global Garment Industry

AFW FAQ’sAFW FAQ’s

Are wage levels comparable across Asia?

Will this not lead to the shift of production to another country with cheaper labour?

How is the Asia Floor Wage feasible?

Giant Retailers,

i.e. Walmart, Tesco, GAP, Zara

Tier 1 Suppliers within representative states

Related Ministries & Exporting Companies

AFW TargetsAFW Targets

AFW FormulationAFW Formulation

1Based on a caloric value basket of 3000 calories2With a scope of ±10%3Based on a 48 hour standard working week

AFW Issue Linkages AFW Issue Linkages

Asia Floor Wage & Gender

Asia Floor Wage & Economic Crises

Asia Floor Wage & Human Rights

Asia Floor Wage & Labour Rights

AFW Resources – AFW Resources – asiafloorwage.orgasiafloorwage.org

Theoretical articles & Working Papers

Empirical Reports on working conditions and the state of pay

Comic Books & Regional Newsletters for Workers

Talking Points & Issue-linkages for the Press and activists

AFW’s Further RequirementsAFW’s Further Requirements

Solidarity amongst workers within Asia

AND

Transnational Solidarity amongst workers

ConclusionsConclusions

Unique, alternative policy plan

Realistic and winnable

Regional objective delivers greater possibility

Feasible

“ If you have come to help me,

you are wasting your time.

But if you have come

because your liberation

is bound up with mine,

then let us work together ”

- Aboriginal Activists Group, 1970’s.

Source: ILO Conditions of Work and Employment;www.ilo.org/public/english/support/lib/dblist.htmActual wages data (**) based on Workshop on Asian Garment Wagesat New Delhi, organized by CEC and CCC, January 2006