Prakruthi, Bangalore-based non-profit organisation established in 1991, envisages a society where the economic and social divide created by a non-egalitarian system is minimised. In attempting to do this, Prakruthi works with the poor and the marginalised in various sectors of Indian economy such as the plantation workers, small and marginal farmers, women, youth and children. It has adopted the strategy of linking the corporate world and communities of people in trying to achieve our stated mission. In the new millennium Prakruthi took a conscious shift to address issues raised by liberalisation, privatization and globalization. Pursuing this paradigm shift today its programs and projects are focused on linking deprived grassroots communities with the emerging new opportunities in a globalised world. www.prakruthi.org
Solidaridad is an international network organisation with offices in four continents and more than 25 years of experience in creating fair and sustainable supply chains from producer to consumer. Solidaridad believes that fair and sustainable trade reduces poverty and helps to preserve people ’s environment. Solidaridad has been involved in sustainable markets by developing standards like Max Havellar, UTZ Certified and Made-by. Solidaridad has been a key player in the establishment of the agricultural commodity round tables, aiming at improved sustainability of mainstream commodities like sugar, cotton, soy and palm oil. Solidaridad ’s regional office for South and South East Asia has been active in New Delhi, India from 2008 onwards and amongst many other sectorshas been working on sustainability issues across the cotton and textile chain. www.solidaridadnetwork.org/asia
Introduction Preamble Consumers across the world are interested in knowing from where their products come and how it is produced. In response to the demands by stakeholder groups, increasing number of importing companies are asking their suppliers in Bangalore to adhere to one or other code of conduct to check working conditions in production facilities.
The Challenge Most of the standards pertaining to fashion sector are top-down models based on the control of suppliers in order to protect brands from loss of reputation and/or as an answer to concern of European NGOs, consumers and the brands . This compliance-based approach has lead to rules (the codes of conduct), procedures to enforce them (audits) and punishment (no certificate and/or no business). And, it has resulted in some great improvements, but many studies have shown that it has remained mainly a compliance issue in order to access international market. The standards need to be interpreted according to Indian realities in association with relevant stakeholders who are most impacted by it. The effort is to find benefits for observing acceptable social and environmental standards other than access to Northern markets needs to be further enhanced.
Action-focused This kind of approach needs participation of different stakeholders associated with the garment sector to find common
solutions - the steering groups provide such a platform. Solidaridad (Netherlandsbased international development cooperation organisation) and Prakruthi (Bangalore-based Indian NGO) have been working in the Indian garment sector from 2005 towards developing consensus amongst different stakeholders to identify key sustainability issues in different clusters and using them for local solutions. Steering groups have been formed in Tirupur and Bangalore for this purpose, which provide a platform for different stakeholders to collectively understand the requirements of sustainability standards (i.e. SA 8000), participates in the process (such as pre- and post-audit consultations) and develop local solutions to address key social, economic and environmental issues.
Focus Bangalore The Garment Support Group in Bangalore was set up in July 2010 and has participation from the following stakeholders: International NGOs, Standard-setting Bodies, Trade Unions, Government Officials, Certification Bodies, Researchers and Academics, and Indian NGOs. The purpose of the Garment Steering Group is to improve the social, economic and environmental aspects in the garment cluster of Bangalore whilst simultaneously enhancing the competitiveness of the Bangalore garment industry.
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The Process Objective of the Meeting To reiterate the need for a multi-stakeholder group in order to ensure sustainability of people, planet and profit in the Bangalore Garment Sector and to strengthen the existing Garment Support Group (GSG), Bangalore by expanding its membership to more brands, manufacturers, certifying bodies, trade unions and NGOs.
Participants The meeting was held on 18th December 2010 at Hotel Atria, Bangalore. It was convened by Prakruthi and supported by Solidaridad. The participants represented four Brands, three Non-Government Organizations, six Trade Unions, two manufacturers and two certifying bodies. The press was also invited. Although the total number of expected participants was 40, about 60 attended during various times of the day.
Key Speakers & Tone-setters Several people were identified to provide inputs to set the tone and tenor of the daylong program. Each of them spoke for about
20 minutes on their expectations and hopes for the Support Group. The key inputs were provided by: 1. Mr. K.M. Surayanarayana Rao, activist of Bharathiya Mazdoor Sangh and Convener of GSG_Bangalore. 2. Mr. Pramod John, Executive Director, Prakruthi, Bangalore. 3. Mr. Shatadru Chattopadhayay, Solidaridad, New Delhi. 7. Mr. Muralidharan, Lead Auditor, RINA India, Bangalore. 4. Mr. Bimal Arora, Director, GTZ India, New Delhi. 5. Mr. Subramanian, Trade Union Activist, Chennai. 6. Mr. Ramanath, Deputy Director,Employees State Insurance Corporation ( ESIC), Bangalore. Synopses of their inputs are recorded herein. The program was anchored by Mr. Koshy Mathew, Chair of Prakruthi Board of Trustees.
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Key Inputs Mr. K.M. Surayanarayana Rao, Convener, GSG-Bangalore He briefed the gathering on the status of GSG in Bangalore and explained the process of how it came to be formed and how a charter of understanding was developed to engage as many stakeholders as possible. He listed the activities planned with the support of Prakruthi. He also focused on the involvement of good trade unions in this forum and given an example of a good and bad event of trade unions as well as factories/ companies. He expressed concern for the wellbeing of the workers ultimately. The multi stakeholder Garment Support Group (GSG) was formed in July 2010 and gathered momentum with participation of more stakeholders during a special one day consultation that was organized in Bangalore. The initiative is the brain child of a consortium of trade unions and NGOs, facilitated by Prakruthi NGO and supported by Solidaridad, an international cooperation agency. With this meeting, the representatives from other NGOs working with the garment workers, government agencies, code setting bodies, certifying agencies and international buyers
representing famous brands have agreed to strengthen the GSG. The GSG strives to improve the social, economic, and environmental conditions in the garment sector of Bangalore while simultaneously enhancing the competitiveness of the sector. As the convener of the GSG, he welcomed all the representatives present in the meeting and requested for their support and cooperation to take this initiative forward for the well being of all especially the vulnerable garment workers in Bangalore.
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Key Inputs Mr. Pramod John, Executive Director, Prakruthi Mr. Pramod John spoke about the role of NGOs in promoting and facilitating multistakeholder groups and shared briefly about the experiences of organizing Tirupur Steering Group (TSG). Dwelling on the TSG, he said that its objective was “to encourage and enable textile enterprises in India to have a positive and growing impact on the quality of life of the people through adoption of improved CSR practices. ” Its main focus is to engage itself in social audits in the garment sector in order to address labour and environmental issues more effectively. Mr. Pramod emphasized the need for the triple-bottom approach, namely, People, Planet and Profit, and said that sustainability can be achieved only with the active participation of all stakeholders in order to address any kind of issue. Touching upon the Bangalore Garment Cluster, Mr. Pramod John said that it has taken off positively and, in the short span of its existence, has created a good rapport with all stakeholders. This meeting, he said, must be seen as an extension of the work of the past five months with a view to widen the base.
Prakruthi already has carved a niche in the field of such engagements and is willing to take the initiative in other sectors too with the support of stakeholders in each sector and support from agencies such as Solidaridad. In conclusion, Mr. John said that such initiatives are aimed at addressing the Millennium Development Goals (MDG), to which India has committed. Specifically, in the garment sector, the aim would to address the following goals: Promotion of gender equality and
empowerment of women (MDG-3), Reduction of child mortality (MDG-4), Improvement of maternal health (MDG-5), Ensuring environmental sustainability
(MDG-7), and Developing a partnership for development
(MDG-8).
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Key Inputs Dr. Shatadru Chattopadhayay, Regional Director, Solidaridad Dr. Shatadru Chattopadhayay briefly explained the activities of Solidaridad, Netherlands and its present programs. He narrated his experience in multi-stakeholder engagements in other sectors. He pointed out that international aid and cooperation agencies have a major role to play in developing multi-stakeholder groups which would ensure improvements in social, economic and environmental aspects of any industry including garment sector. Dr. Chattopadhayay said that 72 per cent of the population in India are below 39 years of age with high consumption potential and that a select group of consumers is increasingly wanting to know what their favourite brands are doing on the sustainability agenda issue. A host of perceptions by suppliers, manufacturers and consumers plague the industry and the initiative, such as forced compliance of standards have been developed in the global north and is useful for exports and that It is not integrated as a “value; ” domestic consumers do not need sustainable products like their western counterparts; compliances are expensive and the market does not reward such practices since it is B2B; and the value chain approach is not necessary as long as the workplace is certified.
After allaying the fears based on these perceptions, with facts, figures and illustrations, he spelt out the focus of Solidaridad ’s work in this sphere as: Local MSIs:
Give a voice to the most marginalised stakeholders in standard development and standard implementation. Joint Ventures: Recognise local standards
as baseline and collaborate as the entry to any of the international standards. Equality and Pragmatism: Recognise
that all consumers across the world deserve sustainable products and work towards it. Progress: Actively explore options for B2C
in the fashion segment as a logical next step after a decade long work in B2B segment. Supply Chain Approach: Work towards
sustainability across the value chain and not only on one segment.
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Key Inputs Mr. Muralidharan, Lead Auditor, SAI /RINA India Mr. Muralidharan represented the Social Accountability International (code-setters of SA 8000) and Certification Body. He outlined the role of certifying bodies and code-setting organizations in ensuring and gauging the social compliances of companies. He said that certified companies should have commitment and concern towards its workers and society at large and continuously strive towards achieving 100 per cent desired conformities of SA 8000 certification. Certification is just a beginning towards sustainability and not an end in itself, he said. Mr. Muralidharan went on to say that the companies should be willing to share the pros and cons during the auditing process and to rectify those non-conformities in order to make the process more sustainable. The certified companies should make a cascading effect on their suppliers and/or sub-contractors to ensure that they also achieve the standards of SA 8000 over a period of time.
SA 8000 should neither be seen as one more ‘1000+ ’ certification they have already got nor should it be done just to fulfil the requirement of the buyer or brands. A very few companies have gone up to the level of using the SA8000 documents for analysis to understand their social performance in terms of sustainability-reporting and contributing to global reporting initiatives (GRI). Other companies can emulate this model, he said, and be more socially responsible in an open manner.
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Key Inputs Mr. Bimal Arora, Director, GTZ India/CSR Centre Mr. Bimal Arora explained the present scenario of CSR in the garment sector in Asian countries and narrated the natural fibre-based garment industries which protect the environment as well as promote sustainability. Using the ‘Natural Fibre Garment Roadmap ’ developed by The Hub, an Australian Government-funded agency advocating responsible business practices, Mr. Arora took the forum through the ten milestones beginning with design and production and ending with textile waste. It was seen that at each of these ten stages, there was a case for sustainability. He called on the forum to study this roadmap carefully and adapt it to our context. In such a situation, it is important to include more stakeholders, since farmers and even environmental activists too have a stake, he said. He located the GSG within the mandate of corporate social responsibility, which is part of the emerging Indian corporate scenario. He also shared the road map of the sector ’s intervention and spoke about how to move forward from where we are at present. He suggested including farmers, especially
those working in the cotton sector, in the support group who will able to represent their issues. Similarly, he suggested including the environment, health and safety experts/ activists since their representation would give the issue of sustainability a holistic view. Mr Bimal Arora said facilitation of by NGOs would be a great support for the sustainability of the industry. All stakeholders should open up and discuss issues in such forums in order to arrive at the mutually-acceptable solutions. We should not refrain from confrontations which is quite natural as we are not only discussing just good things but mostly the issues of sustainability, he concluded.
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Key Inputs Mr. Subramanian, Leader, NTUI, Chennai Mr. Subramanian addressed sustainability from the perspective of the workers. He began by asking, “Is there a mutual concern for each other? ” and opined that if there is, then it should certainly include the health of the industry too. ‘Certification ’, he said was basically done to promote the interests of particular stakeholders, namely the buyer and the brand. It does not take into account all stakeholders in the sector. A holistic approach is required and certification means we are willing to be transparent. Generally, workers and companies are more related to each other than with brands and, therefore, we should think also about the relation between workers and brands, he said. Companies should understand that the role of workers is much more in the process of certification and not just the management. He emphasized that certification is not just for export purposes. While auditing we should think about how to integrate the interests of all stakeholders and, for this, we need to be open with each other and treat everyone equally, especially the workers. Earlier the government used to intervene as ‘third party ’ to implement certain aspects beneficial to both companies
and workers, but that role has reduced and now the management will have to take this in a much deeper manner, for the sake of both the business and to address sustainability issues. He insisted that the certification process should be an inclusive process rather excluding different stakeholders at different stages of social audit. So, the entire value chain, from the source to the end product, has a role to play in making the audit effective. Only by doing so, will the standards be achieved.
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Key Inputs Mr. Ramanath, Deputy Director, ESIC Mr. Ramanath first clarified certain matters related to ESIC in general. He clarified anything paid in cash to the employee/ worker contributes to the ESIC. The ESIC strives to ensure that employees are not denied their due benefits. For these reasons, the ESIC policies are certainly harsh on the defaulters and never on those who pay on time. Defaulters attract heavy and harsh penalties, and in order to avoid this it is far better to pay the contribution on time at any cost. The worst thing that might happen to the defaulters could be prosecution. It is not the HR personnel in a company that would be held responsible, but the employer, that is the entire management. He requested the union leaders to orient workers on ESIC and its benefits and also to highlight to them that the moment they become an insured employee it is their responsibility to ensure timely payment of their dues on time through the employers. As a recent development the insurance ID numbers have been made universal and hence the payment and accessibility of the insurance services is also made universal.
That means the insured person and his/her eligible dependents can get the ESIC benefits anywhere in the country easily. This would certainly help the migrant workers and their families. Mr. Ramanath said that in spite of social welfare measures being under pressure to cut back because of globalisation, India can be proud that the ESIC is one government body that has constantly improved delivery services, with opening of more hospitals, including super-speciality hospitals in several locations.
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Winding Up After all these presentations and its accompanying clarif ications, the floor was thrown open for general discussion. The moderator invited two key people - Dr. Shatadru Chattopadhayay and Mr. Bimal Arora - to help him sum up and give the forum a direction.
Dr. Shatadru Chattopadhayay: “We stand as a neutral stakeholder here as we are not directly related to the garment sector. From this meet we understand that there are not enough forums to hear out the differences of opinion. Questions such as why/how NGOs cannot work with manufacturers or brands or unions; on the role of manufactures or suppliers associations; role of brands (unions have no access or limited access to brands); on the fact that unions can deal only with manufacturers only on OHS issues and not the sustainability issues as a whole, all show that we are in a nascent stage. To discuss all these we need to have a forum which necessarily need not be a national one but local ones that can take up local issues as the issues might differ from place to place. As neutral agencies (Solidaridad, Prakruthi, CSR Centre, etc.), we can only facilitate the process of forming forums to discuss such issues in the industry and work together
with the stakeholders to make the Indian Garment Sector more competitive. ”
Mr. Bimal Arora: “Congratulations to the organizers and participants of this meeting for a fruitful discussion. With the experience Prakruthi has from the Tirupur garment sector, they will be able to evolve something similar in Bangalore garment sector too. We can learn from them and take it to other parts of the country where we are working. Places such as Ludhiana and Delhi too have a heavy concentration of textile and garment manufacturers. “The acknowledgement of the fact that issues are very complex and there is a lack of trust between the stakeholders is in itself a good starting point. The very fact that we have come together to discuss it is laudatory. The second step would be to build a congenial environment and trust to discuss those contentious issues openly and start working together. The third step would be more enabling discussions and deliberations to address sustainability issues. This, I believe, should be ideal way forward. We (CSR Centre and NGOs) work with brands,
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What Next? companies, the government and its agencies and we can facilitate such platforms and support such initiatives”�. Suggestions from the floor strongly favoured broad-basing the stakeholder forum and specif ic recommendations were made to involve government agencies involved in the welfare of the workers, such as the labour department, Likewise, the state pollution control boards (PCB) may also be involved along with environment groups since environment is a major concern while addressing sustainability. Mr. Pramod John, Executive Director of Prakruthi, proposed the formal vote of thanks and assured the forum that as organisers, Prakruthi will diligently followup the recommendations made.
The following actions were agreed upon: a. Prioritise some of the key sustainability challenges in Bangalore garment cluster and create consensus on solutions. b. Submit a proposal to SAI and BSCI for giving GSG a consultative status and initiate awareness-raising programmes on CSR standards. c. Invite different Bangalore-based suppliers and key brands to participate in the GSG. d. Promote the sustainability aspects of Bangalore garment industry nationally and internationally. e. To bring out a printed document of the proceedings of the meet.
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Participants 1
S. L. Sridevi, The Garment Workers Union
2
R. S. Irudaya Mary, INTUC
3
Sujata Mody, GAFWU
4
M. Franclina, INTUC
5
Muthialic Uthaiah, INTUC
35 Mohan Kumar, Texport Overseas (Manufacturer)
6
N. M. Mudappa, TGWU-KLF
36 H. Vanil, Texport Overseas (Manufacturer)
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N. M. Muthappa, TGWU-KLF
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M. R. Dakshina Murthy, INTUC
37 K. Venugopal, Gokuldas Images (Manufacturer)
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Lydia Williams, INTUC
10 E. G. Sowbhagaya, GWUK 11 Shantha Kumar, INTUC 12 Sebastian Devaraj, KGWU 13 K. S. Mekkote, GKS 14 M. Subbu, NTUI 15 Kiran, INTUC 16 Talaha, INTUC
33 T. Sajitha, Garden City Fashions (Manufacturer) 34 Parijatha, MAF Clothing Pvt. Ltd. (Manufacturer)
38 N. Anjaneyulu, Radhamani Exports (Manufacturer) 39 AS. Halesh, Jaism Apparels (Manufacturer) 40 Kavitha, Ranger Clothing Company (Manufacturer) 41 S.W.H. Zaidi, Texport Industries (Manufacturer) 42 Shatadru Chattopadhayay, Solidaridad SSEA (NGO)
17 Radha, KBCW
43 Mohammad Shadab, Solidaridad SSEA (NGO)
18 Ramamurthy, BMS
44 Hema Swamy, Janaagraha (NGO)
19 K. M. Sooryanarayana Rao, BMS
45 Bimal Arora, GTZ india (NGO)
20 Sandhya Suresh, BVC, (Certification Body)
46 Amritha, DISC (NGO)
21 S. Muralidharan, RINA India (Certification Body)
47 Sujatha, PIC (NGO)
22 S. Ravi, BVC (Certification Body) 23 Kalpana, RINA India (Certification Body) 24 K. M. Raghunath, SAI (Certification Body) 25 Latha Vittal, GAP Inc. (Brand) 26 Sharmila Nithyanand, GAP Inc.(Brand) 27 R. M. Santhosh, Hans Brand(Brand) 28 Chethan Kumar, BRFL (Manufacturer) 29 Shobana A., BRFL (Manufacturer) 30 Rangaraj, BRFL (Manufacturer) 31 Manoj Francis, Scotts Garments Ltd. (Manufacturer) 32 Raghu, Scotts Garments Ltd. (Manufacturer)
48 M. S. Christopher, DANI (NGO) 49 Koshy Mathew, Prakruthi (NGO) 50 Pramod John, Prakruthi (NGO) 51 Ramaiah, Labour Department, GoK 52 B. G. Narayanan, Labour Department, GoK 53 AM. Ramanath, ESIC 54 R. Sukanya, ESIC (Sankalp Project) 55 R. P. Singh, ESIC 56 Ravishankar, Voicecom 57 Ashok Kumar, Shahi Garments & Exports (Manufacturer) 58 C. Kumaraswamy, Event Organising Support Consultant
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Impressions and Expressions “It is a good initiative and we are very supportive of it to focus on the issues of the industry. This type of multi-stakeholders discussion would reduce the issues through effective dialogues. ” Ms. Latha, GAP Brand
“The GSG Bengaluru is doing marvellous work to improve the living and working conditions of the garment factory workers. As a union leader and activist, I feel this initiative helps resolving some of the labour issues in a mutual manner. ” Ms. Muthialic Uthaiah, INTUC (Women ’s Wing) “A good beginning and a forum to bring all the stakeholders under one umbrella named GSG. It is quite useful for interaction among the various stakeholders and smooth functioning together. Let us all march towards the year 2011 for a better progress. ” Mr. Shantha Kumar, General Secretary, INTUC
“GSG is doing a wonderful job as it caters to the needs of the biggest labour sector (garment). Let this become a platform of workers and entrepreneurs to discuss various issues threadbare and bring into effect whatever benef its all stakeholders. ” Mr. Anjaneyulu, Human Resources, Radhamani Exports “GSG supports the employees of Bangalore garment manufacturing industries by facilitating effective social audit process to sort out the labour, health and safety and environment-related issues. GSG needs to invite more stakeholders in Bangalore and from other parts of India and work with NGOs who really work for the benef it of garment workers. ” Mr. Mohan Kumar, Texport Overseas (Manufacturer) “GSG has brought TUs, NGOs, buyers/brands, manufacturers, etc., together. This helps in building a better understanding among stakeholders. Here the value of certif ication is seen as a process rather than an end in itself. The discussion was very useful to the groups working for workers ’ rights and other stakeholders to understand the long-term health and sustainability of the garment sector. ” Ms. Sujata Mody, GAFWU
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Annexure
Bangalore Garment Sector Garment Suppor Supportt Group, Bangalore Purpose Statement of Garment Support Group, Bangalore We, a group of different Trade Unions and NGOs. are committed to better environmental responsibilities in the Bangalore Garment Sector. We have come together to establish the Garment Support Group of Bangalore – an informal assembly of Trade Unions and Non-Government Organizations (NGOs). We seek to work together in making social audits in the Garment Sector more effective to address labour and environmental issues We Recognize: The buyers (mostly importing companies) demands asking their suppliers in Bangalore to adhere to one or other codes of conduct in production facilities. The Trade Unions and NGOs have often very limited or no role in the audit, verif ication, monitoring and remediation programs initiated by the code-setting bodies. The need of a comprehensive and accountable mechanism for the Trade Unions and NGOs to engage with the various codes setting and code implementing bodies. The non-participation of the workers in the audit due to lack of awareness about the codes of conduct. We Believe: 1. That active participation of Trade Unions and NGOs in the entire social audit process could lead to quality monitoring and credible variation. 2. That implementation of Codes of Conduct in partnership with Trade Unions and NGOs would lead to increased competitiveness in the Bangalore Garment sector by way of better access to market, reputational benef its, increased worker satisfaction and loyalty. leading to increased productivity, increased savings through better environmental management and reduction of cost of production. 3. The Trade Unions and NGOs have a better chance of achieving their goals in an effective manner by mutual cooperation and coordination amongst themselves rather than a singular approach. 4. That we approach this idea with different entry points and perspectives and this very diversity is the strength of the Support Group rather than the distances that separate us.
15 Approach: To be a one-point reference for pre-audit and post-audit consultations. Facilitate independent monitoring of the observation of the codes of conduct. To participate in verif ication of the remediation programmes initiated by the factory. Filing of complaints and reporting on serious violations of the codes. Training for the workers on codes of conduct at the factory floor. To collaborate and work towards issues of common priorities. To engage with various code-setting bodies. Working of Garments Support Group 1. The Support Group comprises different Trade Unions and NGOs i.e.. AITUC, INTUC, BMS, KLF, BGWUs, and NGOs – PIC, Prakruthi, and DISK. 2. The Support Group has come together informally on the specif ic issue of social audits in Bangalore and it will have no room with regard to independent activities of its members. 3. To begin with. the Support Group would work with SA 8000 Certif ication codes as majority of the garment companies in Bangalore are adopting SA8000 standards. Subsequently, the group will engage with other multi-stakeholder code setting bodies. 4. The Bangalore Off ice of Prakruthi would host the Secretariat of the Support Group in the initial year. 5. One person from Prakruthi will act as Coordinator of the Support Group and would be responsible for facilitating various activities from time to time under the guidelines of the Support Group and Prakruthi, Bangalore. 6. The Garment Support Group would meet at least once in two months. This would not prohibit the Support Group to conduct meetings or workshops on specif ic themes. 7. A quorum of 7 members would be necessary to conduct the Support Group meeting. Out of 7 members a minimum of three Trade Unions and two NGOs need to be present at the meeting. 8. Garment Support Group meetings to be given priority as the heads of the NGOs and senior-most trade union leaders would be participating in the deliberations. However, in case of extreme diff iculties, a nominee of the organization he/she represents may be sent. 9. The Garment Support Group would have the right to invite observers or special invitees in its meetings from time to time. 10. The Group will decide by simple majority about the inclusion of new members in the Garment Support Group of Bangalore.
16 Signatures aff ixed by: Trade Unions: Sl No.
Name
Trade Union
Designation
1 Mr.Narasimhan
All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC)
President
2 Mr.Shantha Kumar
Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC)
General Secretary
3 Mr.K.M.Suryanarayana Rao Bharth Masdoor Sangh (BMS)
General Secretary
4 Mr.Muddapa.N.M
Karnataka Labour Federation (KLF) General Secretary
5 Smt.Radha
Karnataka Construction and Unorganized Workers Union (KC & UOWU)
Secretary
6 Mr. Christopher
Garment Workers Union Karnataka (GWUK)
CEO
7 Mr.Kumar
Karnataka Labour Welfare Federation (KLWF)
President
NGOs: 1 Smt.Sujatha Ganeshan
Partners In Change (PIC)
2 Smt.Amitha.V.S
Development Initiative for Social Causes (DISC)
3 Mr.Pramod John
Prakruthi
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