"Building trade union power in South-East Europe", 5 March 2020

Of the 600,000 registered textile, garment and footwear workers in South-East Europe, few are unionized and working conditions are poor. Building trade union power to secure a living wage and safer and healthier workplaces for these workers is therefore urgent.

This means empowering unions in planning, designing and implementing an organizing campaign. In spite of the many challenges, there are opportunities for unions to grow.

The guide is a result of several organizing projects carried out in South-East Europe. It provides an overview of the textile sector worldwide and in South-East Europe, with special emphasis on global framework agreements (GFA) and the ACT initiative to address the issue of living wages in the sector...

The guide also sets out various steps for preparing, carrying out and winning an organizing drive. The steps are accompanied by extra resources, such as how to research a company, a checklist for identifying the right issues...