Stitching a Decent Wage across Borders: the Asia Floor Wage Proposal 2009

Written by: Jeroen Merk of the Clean Clothes Campaign on behalf of the Asia Floor Wage Campaign.

We would especially like to thank the following people for their contributions on which this booklet is based: Anannya Bhattacharjee, Suvechha Adhikari, Marieke Eyskoot, Dela Feby, Stephanie Luce, Ashim Roy, William Stafford, Kalani Subasinghe, Surya Tjandra, Saleena P, May Wong, IIrene Xavier, and Ineke Zeldenrust.

The garment industry around the world is renowned for low wages, excessive overtime and poor working conditions. In many cases, even the legal minimum wages set for workers in the apparel industry fail to provide enough income to maintain a family of four above the nationally defined poverty level...