11 Cents per hour: Workers talk about their working conditions
Posted: November 3, 2010 Filed under: Clip, NGO studies | Tags: Bangladesh, CCC, Charles Vögele, Germany, Living wages, Switzerland, Working Conditions 1 Comment »These days, NGOs in Germany and Switzerland talk a lot about the poor working conditions in Asia, and particularly about living wages. The EvB in Switzerland today published the following video, in which it criticizes Charles Vögele, who invited Penelope Cruz to the Swiss Fashion show, while paying low wages to the workers:
The German public TV-station ZDF today reported about the “discounter-tour” of the CCC in Germany, where workers and theri representatives from Bangladesh talk about their working conditions, e.g., the 11 Cents they get per hour. Here you find the 2 minutes TV-report. And here are the dates and programmes of the tour:
Bonn (02.11.2010)
Stuttgart (03.11.2010)
München (04.11.2010)
Hannover (05.11.2010)
Leipzig (08.11.2010)
Berlin (10.11.2010)
Hamburg (11.11.2010)
Bremen (15.11.2010)
Münster (16.11.2010)
Oberhausen (17.11.2010) Fachtagung Oberhausen (17.11.2010)
KOBLENZ (18.11.2010)
Living wages: Tour and online discussion
Posted: October 18, 2010 Filed under: NGO studies, Speech, Standard | Tags: Asian living wage campaign, CCC, CSR, Germany, Living wage Leave a comment »The CCC in Switzerland just finished their campaign on living wages and collected more than 30.000 signatures. From November, 2nd until 18th, a representative from the German CCC together with two workers from Bangladesh and representatives of the Asian Floor Wage Campaign from Bangladesh and Indonesia are touring through Germany until November to discuss the issue of a living wage. They will be in Bonn, Stuttgart, Munich, Hannover, Leipzig, Berlin, Hamburg, Rellingen, Bremen, Münster, Oberhausen, Koblenz (here is a plan of the tour).
You might also join an internet discussion that was initiated by the “CSR professionals” group on XING on the need for a living wage. The moderators asked:
- Is the demand for a transnational living wage helpful?
- Whom shall it address?
- What shall German companies do?
- What shall governments and civil society do?
Discounters & Zuckerberg (English clips)
Posted: September 24, 2010 Filed under: Clip | Tags: Aldi, CCC, Greenwashing, KiK, Lidl, White wash Leave a comment »Here is the “Schönfärber” clip of the CCC with english subtitles:
As clips belong to modern NGO campaigns, here is a very nice example of another campaign clip (however, with no connection to textiles):
Like this:
Greenwashing @ Aldi, KiK & Lidl …
Posted: September 7, 2010 Filed under: Clip | Tags: CCC, Greenwashing, KiK, Lidl Leave a comment »The CCC in Germany has developed a very funny 2,5 minutes video-clip that sums up their view on discounters like Aldi, KiK and Lidl and illustrates greenwashing. Unfortunately it is only in German.
