BSR Insight | A New Path for Worker Rights
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Ayesha Barenblat, Former Director, Stakeholder Collaboration
Publication Date
September 8, 2009
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Over the past 10 years, the Levi Strauss Foundation (LSF) has provided grants to further the rights and responsibilities of more than a million workers in more than 20 countries.
Last month, BSR convened a roundtable in Ho Chi Minh City—with global leaders from LSF, Levi Strauss & Co., and LSF grantees—to build a peer network devoted to deepening and broadening the reach of this work.
In addition to creating a business case for brands, factory managers, line supervisors, and workers themselves, the group developed impact measurements to track progress in areas such as reducing overtime and building effective grievance systems. We also brainstormed how to take this work to scale, including creating a master curriculum and peer-to-peer training models.
In October, BSR and LSF will release a public report that we hope will serve as a call to action to companies to advance worker rights in their global supply chains.
Contact Ayesha Barenblat for more information.
About the Author(s)
Ayesha Barenblat, Former Director, Stakeholder Collaboration
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