It is therefore important that the local groups provide consumers with information on the violation of labour laws in certain factories which produce for the shops they buy their products in. Actions directed towards a certain company or shop can then be organised, asking the company to improve labour conditions in their factories. Companies Consumers are in the position to put pressure on companies. They can ask the companies to implement a good code of conduct and to prove to them that the labour conditions really do improve by having an independent monitoring and verification system. But also shops, even local shops, can ask their suppliers to accept codes of conduct.
Local branches can ask their headquarters to take action.
And we don't have to restrict ourselves only to shops and producers. In different sectors, for example in hospitals, employees are required to wear uniforms. The majority of these uniforms are being made in Eastern Europe or Asia. These institutions and companies could be approached. In the Netherlands, in the coming period, we will be asking groups to focus on Dutch companies who have inadequate codes of conduct that fail to mention important labour rights, and who have no form of control to make sure that this deficient code is indeed being followed.