Over 250 brands have signed the International Accord with IndustriALL Global Union and UNI Global Union, reaffirming their commitment to worker safety in the textile and garment industry. This is the highest number of signatories in the Accord’s 11-year history, highlighting a strong, collective effort to ensure safer workplaces for garment factory workers. In November 2023, brands and trade unions renewed the International Accord as a framework agreement to enhance health and safety in supply chains across Bangladesh, Pakistan, and other countries. This renewal extended their commitment for an initial three-year term, with an automatic three-year renewal—marking the longest Accord commitment to date. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to our brand, trade unions, and NGO signatories, whose support has been instrumental in advancing the Accord’s mission to improve worker safety in garment factories. Through safety inspections, remediation efforts, worker training, and the Complaints Mechanism, the Accord remains committed to creating safer garment and textile factories where no worker fears building accidents, can monitor health and safety daily, and raise Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) complaints without fear of reprisal. View the latest list of signatories: https://lnkd.in/eAZjrbbK See how more brands can sign the Accord: https://lnkd.in/ek-R8hSd #Accord #WorkerSafety #OSH | IndustriALL Global Union UNI Global Union
In my humble opinion Brands must bear the expenses of the Accord Program.. as This is Brands consumer requirement. Therefore, brands must bear all the expenses instead of the 3rd world countries.
Congrats! And In Pakistan we have achieved 100 inspections and will be covering 150 plus by December 2024 . This is great step and this step by International Accord is much appreciated by all walks of life .
Congratulations to entire team
Keep growing!
Congratulations!
Fantastic update!
Director Operations/ COO/ HOO/ Apparel Consultant MBA(UK)
3dAll initiative best for workers welfare practices. But when it's comes to financial involvement and practices in place then needs to count $ , Workers welfare Good practices must without discussion. Brand must think the cost involve in per unit and fair prices must have to manufacturers. Looking at continuing story of workers and owner argue on payment, all about unit price right which finally makes P &L. There must be brand and manufacturing plant should have MOU for fair prices. After MOU there cannot be such incidents unrest, unsaid to workers etc, policy must in place in-between. We must end this unrest practices for shake of RMG, apparel textile business in Asian regions.