Date: 05/12/2016
FWF is very happy to launch Living Wages: An Explorer’s Notebook, the next step forward in figuring out the routes brands and factories can take to achieve payment of living wages. The innovative guide offers concrete advice, based on real-life experience.
The Notebook defines nine obstacles that stand in the way of living wages, and offers some solutions for overcoming them. ‘For the first time, garment brands can access real life examples and concrete guidance on implementing higher wages,’ explains FWF’s Associate Director Sophie Koers. ‘For example on how to select a factory partner, collaborate with other brands and set the target wage.’
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Posted in Obstacles Lack of collective bargaining, How much is a living wage?, How much will it cost?, Need for real-world examples, How to get the money to workers, and Living wages 101
Date: 02/12/2016
‘Start paying higher wages. Now. Analyse what worked and what didn’t. And then keep going.’
This sentence summarises FWF’s advice to brands that seek to make real strides towards living wages in their supply chains. And it offers more concrete advice on how to do this in Living Wages: An Explorer’s Notebook.
Use the tools below to further support efforts to raise wages in your supply chain.
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Posted in Obstacles Lack of collective bargaining, How much is a living wage?, How much will it cost?, Low productivity, Need for real-world examples, Competition law, How to get the money to workers, Industry issues, and Living wages 101
Date: 01/04/2015
In 2013, FWF member Switcher embarked on an experimental project to implement living wages in a portion of its supply chain. FWF recently interviewed Switcher’s Gilles Dana to learn more about the process.
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Posted in Obstacles Need for real-world examples and How to get the money to workers
Date: 01/02/2015
The FWF approach to living wages is pretty simple:
1. Methodically identify and investigate the obstacles to living wage implementation
2. Develop tools to overcome the obstacles
3. Get out there and do it
At FWF we are doing all three of these in tandem. Of course, of these three tranches of work, the third is the most important for workers. And to take effective action on wages, FWF members and stakeholders need tools. To this end, tool development continues.
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Posted in Obstacles Lack of collective bargaining, How much is a living wage?, How much will it cost?, Low productivity, Need for real-world examples, Competition law, How to get the money to workers, Industry issues, and Living wages 101
