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Workers still find themselves struggling to survive on the breadline, working excessive overtime just so they can make ends meet. |
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Page 2 of 3 Detail on workers rightsWagesMosaic told us that,Our policies consistently state that wages within our suppliers’ factories must conform to the labour laws of the country of manufacture and must be set at the minimum wage or higher.It made no mention of the living wage. Freedom of AssociationAs in 2006, Mosaic did not respond to our points about promoting access to freedom of association or facilitating alternative forms of organisation in countries and areas where free trade unions are illegal, and no mention is made of these issues in the information it sent us. It did tell us that,Mosaic Fashions value the role of trade unions and NGOs. The policies across all of our brands adopt the right to freedom of association as a core principle and prohibit discrimination as a result of union membership or political affiliation. The majority of our brands further specify the right to collective bargaining as a core principle. Monitoring and verificationMosaic’s policy in this area has changed from 2006, when it said that, “we cannot visit all the factories for each order placed and as a result are reliant on the supplier adhering to the terms outlined within the Supplier Manual.” In 2007, it stated that it had, undertaken a successful pilot programme of audits by external suppliers and corrective actions plans have been put in place where necessary. We are now expanding on this pilot by rolling out external third party audits across many of our major suppliers .By this measure, it does not yet have an auditing system in line with current industry best practice. Our conclusionMosaic is another retailer that needs to join a multi-stakeholder initiative such as the ETI. It told us that it is working with a consultancy that works “closely with the ETI”, so it acknowledges the ETI’s value. Why not then join? It told us that it has a number of plans for its CSR strategy that are, “likely to take a number of years. However, we will plan actions that will make a significant difference to the way we do business in the next six to twelve months.” We hope so, because at present it does not seem to have ambitious plans. We hope especially that Mosaic will start to engage with the living wage. |
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