Comments on: Asda, Tesco and Primark in the firing line over labour standards http://www.impacttlimited.com/2008/12/06/asda-tesco-and-primark-in-the-firing-line-over-labour-standards Making what’s good for workers, work for business. Wed, 14 Mar 2012 10:11:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Mashuda Khatun Shefali http://www.impacttlimited.com/2008/12/06/asda-tesco-and-primark-in-the-firing-line-over-labour-standards/comment-page-1#comment-482 Mashuda Khatun Shefali Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:49:37 +0000 http://www.impacttlimited.com/2008/12/06/asda-tesco-and-primark-in-the-firing-line-over-labour-standards/#comment-482 I saw the War on Want report before it was published.I have to say that, I do not think it is representative at all of Bnagaldesh's garment industry. Currently, Bangladesh has more than 5,500 factories and they have visited only 6 factories and previously met 60 workers (2005) and latest 115 workers, and they seems have chosen six bad factroies. To be a proper study, they should look atleast 15% factories of different categories and they should interview to 15% of workforce.But they have not done this.So the study does not have the professional research character. I believe, this study is completely unfair,biased and on purposes, that they have chosen certain factories to put these industrial sector in a bad light, and to support their opinions. It is all negative, and none of it possitive at all. Nor have they been polite enough to publish this report first in Bangladesh, so it can be seen and discussed by the trade unions, labour support NGOs there, and by the government and the suppliers. By criticizing buyer's audit (Dodgy audits) also indictes that they are uncomfortable with the efforts of remediation and capacity building of the factiories towards enforcing the social and legal compliance that enable the improvement of the working conditions and labour standards. The garment industry has provided a way forward for millions of women in Bangldesh. It is the begining of a women's movement for greater economic empowerment.For now, there is no other alternative sector where women can work at that scale.I represent women workers in Bangladesh. Such types of reports is just damages our prospects. I saw the War on Want report before it was published.I have to say that, I do not think it is representative at all of Bnagaldesh’s garment industry. Currently, Bangladesh has more than 5,500 factories and they have visited only 6 factories and previously met 60 workers (2005) and latest 115 workers, and they seems have chosen six bad factroies. To be a proper study, they should look atleast 15% factories of different categories and they should interview to 15% of workforce.But they have not done this.So the study does not have the professional research character.

I believe, this study is completely unfair,biased and on purposes, that they have chosen certain factories to put these industrial sector in a bad light, and to support their opinions. It is all negative, and none of it possitive at all.
Nor have they been polite enough to publish this report first in Bangladesh, so it can be seen and discussed by the trade unions, labour support NGOs there, and by the government and the suppliers.

By criticizing buyer’s audit (Dodgy audits) also indictes that they are uncomfortable with the efforts of remediation and capacity building of the factiories towards enforcing the social and legal compliance that enable the improvement of the working conditions and labour standards.

The garment industry has provided a way forward for millions of women in Bangldesh. It is the begining of a women’s movement for greater economic empowerment.For now, there is no other alternative sector where women can work at that scale.I represent women workers in Bangladesh. Such types of reports is just damages our prospects.

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