The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) – signed between member companies and IndustriALL – is the basis for the cooperation between ACT members, outlining the commitments necessary to establish freedom of association, collective bargaining and living wages within global supply chains.

Commitments outlined in the ACT MoU include:

Brands will… 

• work to ensure that purchasing practices support long-term partnerships with manufacturers 
• ensure that purchasing practices facilitate the payment of a living wage 
• exchange necessary information regarding strategic supplier factories with IndustriALL.

Brands and IndustriALL will …

• design strategies on how to proactively promote freedom of association 
• provide capacity building on freedom of association and collective bargaining 
• advocate that industrywide collective agreements be registered and legally enforceable under national laws 
• make joint approaches to governments in support of higher minimum wage outcomes 
• work with factories and IndustriALL – affiliated unions in priority countries to bring them together to negotiate towards a living wage.