http://somo.nl daily 1 2008-05-02T16:39:28Z http://somo.nl/news-en/still-captured-by-cotton Today, the Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO) and the India Committee of the Netherlands (ICN) are presenting a sneak preview of their upcoming report on labour abuses in the South Indian garment industry. The two-pager preview is published on the occasion of a meeting of the Sumangali Bonded Labour group of the UK-based Ethical Trade Initiative (ETI). SOMO and ICN call upon garment brands to take their responsibility to ensure that workers’ rights are respected throughout their supply chain. No publisher rene Trade Union health & safety labour 2012-03-06T13:55:52Z News Item http://somo.nl/news-en/exploited-dalit-girls-produce-garments-in-india-for-european-and-us-markets Big garment brands and retailers have their products made under exploitative and unhealthy conditions by girls in Tamil Nadu, South India. The girls, mostly younger than 18 and from a Dalit (‘outcaste’) background are employed under the Sumangali Scheme. In its worst form, this employment scheme stands for bonded labour, as described in ‘Captured by Cotton’ a report published today by SOMO and the India Committee of the Netherlands (ICN). The report features cases studies of four large manufacturers. No publisher Edith 2012-04-12T11:46:30Z News Item http://somo.nl/news-en/dutch-media-focuses-on-abuses-in-the-indian-textile-sector Indian textile workers make clothing in harrowing conditions for clothing chain stores such as C&A and H&M. The workers are barely permitted to leave the factory site, are paid more than a quarter of their wages only after three years, and there are no trade unions. These findings were published by the Dutch newspaper Volkskrant in early September, after a visit, together with SOMO, to the textile factory KPR Mill. Other Dutch and Belgian newspapers, television and radio also showed interest in the story. Dutch political parties submitted written questions about this issue in Parliament. H&M and C&A both responded in the press. No publisher leontien 2011-01-12T12:03:29Z News Item http://somo.nl/news-en/indian-garment-workers-face-harsh-working-conditions India’s garment industry has been rapidly growing the last few years. The growth of the garment sector however, did not go hand in hand with an improvement of working conditions for the garment workers. In contrast, the rising daily production targets for garment workers caused increasing and often unpaid overtime work, verbal abuse and harassment by supervisors. No publisher martje 2011-11-07T10:50:54Z News Item