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Article

25 Jan 2002

Author:
International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers’ Federation

'Take Yours Heads Out Of The Clouds', Global Union Tells Guatemalan Exporters' Assocation

[regarding failure to uphold freedom of association and the right to bargain collectively in the maquila sector]: The Brussels-based International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers’ Federation...says that VESTEX [the garment exporters’ association] should ‘take its head out of the clouds, and stop invoking codes of conduct to which nobody adheres".