January 10, 2008

MSN supporters have spoken:

Pay a living wage; Respect workers' right to freedom of association; and deal with purchasing practices!

 

In December we asked for your help to come up with new year's resolutions for the apparel industry to help them kick off 2008 on a more positive note.

Last year our staff and our network fought on many fronts to hold international apparel brands accountable for the labour rights abuses in their supply chains. Some companies responded positively, and some of them lagged behind - severely. But all of them could use improvement.

So we asked for your help in prioritizing three top priorities for the apparel industry in 2008.

We know it wasn't easy to choose. But you told us overwhelmingly that the top three priorities for the apparel industry this year are:

• Pay workers a living wage;
• Respect workers' right to freely associate and bargain collectively; and
• Adopt fair purchasing practices.

The results were the same from both Spanish- and English-speaking respondents.

Thanks to everyone who responded and took up the challenge of prioritizing issues that the apparel industry needs to better address this year. It's good to know that you share our priorities and our concern for all of these issues.

Over the coming year, MSN will be updating you on our efforts to hold the apparel industry accountable on these priority issues.

In the meantime, you can read about all of these issues - and take action - here on our website.