Fashion retailer Hennes & Mauritz said on Tuesday it had agreed with IndustriALL Global Union to jointly train its direct suppliers and their workers in how to improve relations and dialogue between social partners.
The Asian garment industry has been shaken by labour unrest over low wages and poor working conditions, such as pay protests in Cambodia last year in which police shot dead several workers.
H&M, based in Sweden where collective bargaining and talks between employers, employees and unions play a big role in wage-setting, sources mainly in Asian low-cost countries.
H&M sustainability chief Anna Gedda said H&M and the union association would train managements and workers in negotiating wages and working conditions, and promote collective agreements and freedom of association.
(Source: CNBC)