Is the Fair Wear Campaign about boycotts?
Fair Wear is about encouraging retailers and manufacturers to become responsible and ethical. It is about consumers having a choice and we will encourage consumers to choose companies acting responsibly. Fair Wear will also encourage share holders to take up this issue. We hope that we can encourage the positive examples. To get to a point where companies begin to take the positive steps we will focus on particular companies to highlight the problem. It will depend on how companies respond. • Why is the union important? The union is the only organisation that makes sure workers receive their legal wages and conditions. The union helps to bring workers together and to improve their conditions. The union has a key role in making sure manufacturers comply with the award and the code of practice. The union is the best organisation to reach and assist homeworkers. • Which ethnic groups are effected? Why do they accept these conditions? The majority of homeworkers are women from non English
