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- For more on Decent Work see European Commission 2006 Communication ‘Promoting Decent Work for All: The EU contribution to the implementation of the decent work agenda in the world’.
- Average wages in Cambodia are around £25 per month (source: Clean Up Fashion research), equivalent to £2400 over 8 years. There are 500,000 garment workers in Cambodia. £2400 x 500,000 = £1.2 bn. Philip Green figure cited in Guardian, 21st October 2005 at http://tinyurl.com/3bmyxh.
- Wages in Mauritian factory £64 per month (Source: Sunday Times,12th August 2007, at http://tinyurl.com/3bmyxh). £3m / (64 x 12) = 3,906. Kate Moss figure cited in Daily Mail, 20th September 2006 at http://tinyurl.com/245hqo.
- Cited in, for example, Daily Mail, 27th November 2006 at http://tinyurl.com/2ejopq.
- Wages in Bangladesh £15 per month (Source: Clean Up Fashion research). 3000/(15 x 12) = 16.7. Handbag figure cited in Guardian, 21st February 2007 at http://tinyurl.com/ysubv9.
- Cited in Forbes, 16th July 2007 at http://tinyurl.com/yocr68.
- Source: Clean Up Fashion research.
- 4.6m/(15 x 12) = 25,556. Leahy figure cited in Tesco Annual Report at http://tinyurl.com/yu9vep (pdf).
- Wages in Sri Lanka Factory £16 per month (Source: ActionAid, 2007a, ‘Who Pays: The real cost of cheap school uniforms’). 2.3m/(16 x 12) = 11,979. Rose figure cited in M&S Annual Report at http://tinyurl.com/2y5kyh.
- M&S, 2007 (Source: financial review at http://tinyurl.com/2chcy2), Tesco, 2006 (Source: 5-year summary at http://tinyurl.com/2gv8e7), Primark parent company ABF, 2006. (Source: 6-year summary at http://tinyurl.com/ytyud4).
- Guardian, 16th July 2007 at http://tinyurl.com/265moj.
- ActionAid, 2007b, ‘Who Pays: how British supermarkets are keeping overseas workers in poverty’.
- War on Want, 2006, ‘Fashion Victims: The true cost of cheap clothes at Primark, Tesco and Asda’.
- Source: Clean Up Fashion research.
- ActionAid, 2007a, op cit.
- Sunday Times, 2007, op cit.
- Play Fair 2008, 2007, ‘No Medal for the Olympics on Labour Rights’.
- Guardian, 3rd September 2007 at http://tinyurl.com/2fxe4b.
- ActionAid, 2007b, op cit.
- Labour Behind the Label, 17th October 2006, at http://tinyurl.com/23fauz.
- Source: Deborah Littman, Unison, personal communication, 4th July 2007.
- Available at http://devdata.worldbank.org/wdi2006/contents/Table4_14.htm.
- ActionAid, 2007a, op cit.
- Report on the ETI Impact Assessment, ‘Do workers Really Benefit’, at http://tinyurl.com/2dohd9.
- Four clothing and footwear suppliers were included in our survey last year, because of their ETI membership. Where they responded, we have included profiles online; we have not added them to the categories this year, as the comparison with retailers and brands is not a direct one. These companies were Madison Hosiery, Marshalls, Quantum Clothing, William Lamb Footwear.
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