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DFID Labour Standards Forum |
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Ergon is now organising and facilitating the regular meetings of the Labour Standards and Poverty Reduction Forum set up by the UK Department for International Development (DFID). The Forum meets every six months and brings together corporate representatives, NGOs, academics and trade unions to discuss how labour standards contribute to the development agenda.
Recent topics addressed by the the Forum include the role of labour standards and trade unions in Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers, the relevance of labour concerns to the Commission for Africa, women workers in the global supply chain, the consequences for Bangaldeshi textiles of the phase-out of the Multi-Fibre Arrangement and DfID's paper Making Migration Work for the Poor. |
