asia floor wage
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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