TIE Global Holds its 7th International Conference

Between June 24 and 27 TIE Global held its 7th international conference in Wiesbaden, Germany. Participants came from the various organisations and countries that are members of TIE Global. At the conference the different TIE Global projects in countries such as Bangladesh, Brazil, France, Germany, Mexico, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Turkey and USA were reviewed and discussed. During the meeting participants also discussed changes in global power relations in the political and economic sphere resulting from the current world crisis. The debate centred around the impact of the current crisis on workers' movements and on TIE Global work in different countries.

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New ExChains project newsletter is out

The ExChains newsletter contains info about current struggles and campaigns of workers along the global supply chain in textile, garment, and retail. Issues of No. 1-2009 are:

• Bangladesh/Germany: Cancelling orders does not protect women workers’ rights
• Sri Lankan trade unions: Labour law 'reform' prevented, unemployment benefit insurance scheme on the horizon
• Germany: "Get stronger" - Crisis in retail sector affects employees
• Bangladesh: Not another 13 years without a wage increase! New campaign for re-setting the legal minimum wage
• Bangladesh: Paid maternity leave and more respect for women workers!
• Bangladesh: NGWF wins redundancy payments for locked-out workers

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