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Article

27 Jan 2016

Author:
India Committee of the Netherlands

Press Release

‘Unfree and Unfair’ - young migrant garment workers in Bangalore, India - C&A, H&M, Inditex ('Zara'), GAP and PVH ('Tommy Hilfiger') declare to take serious action

Unfree and Unfair explains the conditions for migrant workers in four garment factories – K Mohan, Texport Industries, Arvind and Shahi Exports – located in Bangalore, the major hub for the garment industry in South India. Arvind Ltd. Exports produces garments for H&M and Shahi Exports is a long term supplier for C&A. The research is based on a mix of desk research and interviews with 110 workers, additional discussions with workers from other factories and interviews with members of the Garment Labour Union (GLU) in Bangalore...C&AH&M and Inditex announced to work together...[&individually]...toward a coordinated and collaborative approach to improve the living conditions of the migrant garment workers. PVH...explained that they asked the named suppliers to report back to them on their individual circumstances and that they were developing guidelines that are intended to address the issues raised in the paper...Due to miscommunication, the response of GAP was received after publication of the...paper. GAP extensively replied and stated that apart from efforts with individual vendors, they also closely work with ETI and other brands to contribute to an industry-wide multi-stakeholder forum comprising of industry, brands, local unions and other civil society organisations to effectively address the issue in Bengaluru and to find long-term sustainable solutions.