Ending Worker Exploitation in Global Supply Chains
This course will explore pragmatic ways to build worker voices in global supply chains.
Category
Social and History
Intended Audience
Organisers and Campaigners
Delivery Mode
Online
Duration
4 hours
Cost
$100
About
This course will extend your understanding of how global supply chains operate, including the gaps and weaknesses in existing regulatory frameworks. This will be contextualised within the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
You will explore the importance of modern slavery and human rights due diligence legislation and be equipped with organising strategies aimed at achieving reasonable working conditions within global supply chains.
Outcomes
By the end of this course, participants should be able to:
Identify key instruments and initiatives in the national and international global regulatory frameworks for global supply chains, including gaps and weaknesses
Identify and analyse strategies to build worker voices in global supply chains
Content
Regulatory Frameworks
Key elements of the current national and international global regulatory frameworks for global supply chains Gaps and weaknesses in the existing frameworks Modern slavery legislation and human rights due diligence
Global Supply Chains
The impact of COVID-19 on decent work in global supply chains Strategies for organising for decent work in global supply chains The importance of worker and international organising in achieving decent work in global supply chains
Delivery Style
Content will be derived from the current policy environment, delivered through presentations along with facilitated discussion and small group work.
Presenters
Clare Middlemas
Senior International and Civil Society Officer, ACTU
Clare has extensive experience in international policy development and campaigns.
Authorised by Sally McManus, Australian Council of Trade Unions, Melbourne.
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