Social partner at European level hope for fair and open world-wide trade. These partners agreed to work towards a European textile and clothing industry that is productive, internationally competitive and based on the respect of both workers and employers. Forced labour, slave labour and prison labour is banned. The right for workers to form and join a trade union, as well as the right for employers to organise, are recognized. Employers and workers may negotiate freely and independently.
Child labour is forbidden.
Children under 15 or younger than the age of completion of compulsory schooling in the countries concerned are not admitted to work. TCL call on their respective member organisations to adopt this Charter and to encourage its progressive implementation at hte companies' level. The results of such an evaluation will be reported in the framework of the Social Sectoral Dialogue. TCL may, in the framework of the Social Sectoral Dialogye at European level, decide jointly and freely to start any other initiative in pursuit of the implementation of this Charter.