Freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining
06.07.2010
Workwear, outdoor and more outdoor
On 1 July 2010, three new companies joined FWF: Swiss outdoor retailer Transa , German workwear firm Bierbaum-Proenen and the well-known German outdoor brand Jack Wolfskin . The three enhance FWF's growing international profile as well as representing the variety in membership. Bierbaum-Proenen and Jack Wolfskin both work with factories directly and are thus FWF affiliates. Transa primarily retails various out…
02.07.2010
counterfeit frustrates improvement of labour conditions
Companies affiliated to Fair Wear Foundation (FWF) are sometimes confronted with counterfeit: imitations of branded goods, produced and sold with the intent to take advantage of value built up by a brand. Counterfeit weakens companies’ efforts to make sustainable improvements of labour conditions in their supply chains. Fair Wear Foundation (FWF) promotes the improvement of labour conditions in the garment … Read more »
30.06.2010
An anonymous audit report from China
At the request of many, FWF's international verification coordinator Ivo Spauwen anonymised an audit report about a factory in China. The report was used in the Fair Factory Game which FWF developed and which premiered during the annual members' day last March (see photo). It is important to note that this report concerns a very normal factory, with issues that many, if not most, factories in China deal with. Thi…