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2 1. Terms 2. Background 3. What is AFW? Who is AFW? 4. How does AFW calculate the AFW? 5. Summary: importance of AFW 2

3 1. Terms 3

4 category of human rights Right to a living wage acc. to European Social Charta, UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights Art 23(3) + Art 25(1) 1948: cover basic needs plus desretionary income ILO conventions 26 (1928!), 99 (1951) und 131 (1970) 4 Political demands or result of political negotiations: National legal minimum wage

5 LIVING WAGES ASIA FLOOR WAGE =minimum living wage AVERAGE REGIONAL WAGE AVERAGE GARMENT INDUSTRY WAGE INCL. OVERTIME AND FRINGE BENEFITS 5 POVERTY LINE AVERAGE GARMENT INDUSTRY WAGE INCL OVERTIME LEGAL MINIMIUM WAGE AVERAGE GARMENT INDUSTRY WAGE ABSOLUTE POVERTY LINE

6 LIVING WAGES ASIA FLOOR WAGE =minimum living wage MSI 1 living wage estimate MSI 2 living wage estimate Average wage in region X AVERAGE REGIONAL WAGE AVERAGE GARMENT INDUSTRY WAGE INCL. OVERTIME AND FRINGE BENEFITS POVERTY LINE Average garment industry wage in region Y Average garment industry wage in region X TU A starvation line Government poverty line 6 AVERAGE GARMENT INDUSTRY WAGE INCL OVERTIME Average garment industry wage with overtime in region X LEGAL MINIMIUM WAGE LEGAL MINIMIUM WAGE AVERAGE GARMENT INDUSTRY WAGE Average garment industry wage in regular working time in regiona X ABSOLUTE POVERTY LINE

7 Methodology: 7 Wage Ladder

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9 45%6$/7+)(80. 9

10 9:$/,%1(%1;,%<(=(2> Real wages of garment industry workers are - sometimes below the absolute poverty line of 1 USD per day, - far below a country s relative poverty line (60% median income), - between 50% and 10% of a living wage. 10

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12 1. Legal mimimum wages in reality set the ceiling for garment workers, not the bottom line. 2. Legal minimum wages have for a long time determined sourcing decisions of buyers The legal minimum wages fail to protect workers and their dependents.

13 Labour unrests and wage struggles 2010/11 in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, China and Myanmar 13

14 - started in India - initiated 2005 by Asian labour activists (TUs and NGOs) along with research institutions and global campaign organisations like CCC 14 - turned out that wages is THE cross-cutting and central issue

15 International Coordinating Office: Anannya Bhattacharjee,, Society for Labour & Development, India Sub-regional coordinating offices Steering committee: India: Hind Mazdoor Sabha (HMS), New Trade Union Initiative (NTUI), India National Trade Union Congress (INTUC), All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) Sri Lanka: Dabindu Collective, JSS Indonesia: SPN, GSBI, Trade Union Rights Center (TURC) Globalization Monitor, Hong Kong/China PSWS, Malaysia Committee for Asian Women (CAW) 15 Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC) Action Aid, UK Jobs with Justice, USA Alliance supporters in most Asian garment production countries

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17 Regional strategy for collective bargaining Buyers: A living wage is a corner stone of decent working conditions. Governments: Sustainable growth model for national economies; Shaping a social globalization Manufacturers/ Suppliers: Compete on grounds of quality, sustainability, not low wages 17

18 Buyers In the global garment industry brands and retailers have profited hugely from outsourcing production to low-wage countries, capitalising on poverty wage and benefiting from weak enforcement of labour law. They are fully responsible that the workers who make their products are paid a living wage. Anannya Bhattacharjee, Asia Floor Wage International Coordinator 18

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20 4. How does AFW calculate the AFW? Retailers/ buyers often argued that difficulties in determining and calculating a living wage makes it difficult to reach this norm. 20

21 wage = food + non-food costs calculation assumptions: - food: 3000 cals/adult/day - non-food = food - average household size: 2 adults + 2 children - working week of 48 hours - comparability: international currency PPP$ /10: 475 PPP$ / month 2011/12: 540 PPP$ / month

22 COUNTRY 475 PPP$ 2009/ PPP$ 2011/12 CHINA RMB INDIA Rupees 22 BANGLADESH Takas INDONESIA Rupiah SRI LANKA SLR

23 5. Summary: importance of AFW A. Solid foundation: in depth research into working and living conditions of garment workers in Asia, predominantly women B. Regional minimum living wage formula 23 C. Cross-border approach against relocation threat - challenge: labour solidarity D. Integrated strategy of organising, worker education, political campaigning and bargaining with a clear gender perspective

24 The AFW responds to the challenges for the labour movement (trade unions and labourrelated NGOs) : - global supply chains, - prevalance of informal and precarious work and - the crises of traditional tools of labour conflicts 24

25 Thank you for your attention! 25