What is ‘Worker Voice’ in the context of global supply chains?

This brief provides a reference for worker reporting and worker empowerment tools and programs from the context of ‘worker voice,’ a concept that emerged with the birth of the organized labour movement during the Industrial Revolution. Two fundamental aspects of ‘worker voice’ have always been:

(1) Capturing the voices, experiences, and needs of workers, and

(2) Channelling that voice into a clear mechanism for remediation for those workers.

Five key questions are presented to help guide designers, funders, and users of worker empowerment and worker reporting tools to explore the opportunities and also the risks of capturing worker feedback and worker data, particularly digital data

What is 'Worker Voice' in the context of global supply chains?- Issara Institute, 2017 DOWNLOAD

Human Trafficking for Labour Exploitation/Forced and Bonded Labour: Identification – Prevention – Prosecution; and Prosecution of Offenders, Justice for Victims

GuidanceGood Practices

This paper focuses on the specifics of labour exploitation, particularly the identification, prevention and prosecution of offenders with the final goal of preventing trafficking and bringing justice for victims. The text is based on the 3rd and 5th...Read More

TAGS: Due Diligence Global

Conflict Rubies: How luxury jewellers risk funding military abuses in Myanmar

Guidance

Rubies from Myanmar, also known as Burmese rubies, are the finest in the world. They are also an important source of funding for one of the world’s most brutal regimes. Since seizing power in a coup on 1 February 2021 and imprisoning the coun...Read More

TAGS: Sourcing or Production Extractives & Mining Asia

Addressing the Human Cost of Assam Tea: An agenda for change to respect, protect and fulfill human rights on Assam tea plantations

GuidancePublications

Workers on tea plantations in the Assam region of India are systematically denied their rights to a living wage and decent working and living conditions. The fact that they are unable to meet their basic living costs is starkly illustrated by our fi...Read More

TAGS: Food & Beverage - Processing & Packaging Agriculture, Horticulture & Landscaping Asia

Human Trafficking Assessment Tool for Educators

Guidance

A trafficking assessment tool for educators to identify and assist potential child victims of trafficking, including both labor and sex trafficking indicators.

TAGS: Training North America