Garment workers celebrate victory

The WRC is an independent monitoring organisation that supports workers in the garment industry in defending their workplace rights. Rather than relying on infrequent checks by an outsider with a clipboard, workers themselves are trained in labour rights, and can lodge a confidential complaint if they believe that there is a violation in their workplace. The WRC then conducts an independent in-depth investigation and makes the results public.

Learn more about how to join the WRC, how it works, and for more details have a look on our resources page.

The presentation below gives a quick account of the history, methods and services of the Worker Rights Consortium. It’s designed as a presentation students can give to university managers and sabbatical officers. You can use it for anything. You can also find similar presentations on a range of subjects on our education page.

What is the Worker Rights Consortium?

Bring a Motion to your Student Union

• A model of the policy to take to your union is on our resources page. Most students’ unions are already affiliated through NUSSL for their central procurement. However your student union can be the best allies to pressure the university to affiliate.

Get your Vice Chancellor to Commit to Joining

• Explain how joining the WRC would play a powerful role in promoting human rights. Organise to meet with them and discuss the benefits it will bring. There are full answers to any questions they may have on the WRC website. Stunts and petitions, as outlined in Goal 1, will also help you persuade your VC.

• If your VC wants to join the WRC, they need to write a letter of affiliation to become a member. They can use the Sample Letter provided by the WRC for guidance. They will also need to chose a member of staff to be the contact person between the WRC and the university.