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Page 2 of 3 Writing a letter or email For tips and ideas about writing a letter click here Each company page will have contact details for the person at the company you can send letters or emails to. Write to them, tell them it is important to you that the clothes you buy are produced under decent conditions. Ask them what they are doing to clean up fashion. Some questions you could ask are... - where do they source their clothes from and how often do they change their suppliers?
- are they committed to making sure workers are paid a living, not just minimum wage? How do they go about making sure this happens? Do they pay enough to their suppliers to allow minimum wage to be paid?
- do their workers have the right to join trade unions and bargain collectively? What steps are they taking to make sure that workers know this? Do all of their suppliers know that their buyers support these rights and expect them to be available to their workers? Do they talk to trade unions or other local groups when they are auditing a factory?
- What about their own buying policies? Are they forcing suppliers to give them discounts? How much time do they give to factories to produce their orders? Are they paying a fair price for the goods they buy?
- How do they check their factories adhere to both their own code and local, national and international labour law? How much of their supply chain do they audit? How long do they spend on audits and what kinds of questions do they ask? Do they talk to workers away from the factory and factory management?
- Ask them what action they are taking on other important issues such as health and safety, child labour, overtime and benefits?
- Are they a member of a multistakeholder initiative - if so what kind of things do they do as part of that initiative. If not, why not and ask if they will condier joining.
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 28 September 2008 )
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