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Article: Sweating a labor rights deal.(Apparel Industry Partnership)
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- Multinational Monitor
- Article date:
- November 1, 1998
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Undermining a celebratory announcement, two unions and a public interest group that were part of the White House-brokered Apparel Industry Partnership have balked at a deal reached in November between apparel companies and some public interest groups.
The Apparel Industry Partnership proposal will create a new organization, the Fair Labor Association (FLA), with a board equally divided between business representatives on the one hand, and labor and public interest organizations on the other.
The FLA will accredit independent monitors to determine if companies are meeting a Workplace Code of Conduct. The Code prohibits forced or child labor (by children ...