Spanish apparel retailer, Inditex has supported stronger dialogue and collective bargaining between unions, garment factories and brands for living wages of garment workers. The retailer expects the collective demands of workers, expressed through their legitimate unions including Industriall Bangladesh Council, to be taken into account, and the current negotiations to reach an agreement.

Inditex is also supporting the ACT (Action, Collaboration, Transformation) – an agreement launched in 2014 between global brands and trade unions to improve garment industry wages through collective bargaining, supported by world class manufacturing standards and responsible purchasing practices. Through ACT, Inditex, IndustriAll and other global brands and retailers have earmarked Bangladesh as a priority country to promote collective bargaining as the most effective tool to reach wage agreements between employers, employees and their respective representatives. The retailer, in the next edition of its magazine has included an in-depth update on ACT, an initiative that offers the best chance f securing fairer wages in garment production hubs.