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The GLWC is pleased to share a brand new Living Wage Benchmark report for Baja California, Mexico for the municipalities of Ensenada and San Quintín. The study, conducted in January 2021, includes living wage estimates that workers in the cities of both Ensenada and San Quintín need to receive each month to afford a basic but decent living. This study was conducted in the context of the fisheries, apparel and agriculture industries.

Read the new benchmark report: Baja California, Mexico

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The GLWC is pleased to share three new 2020 living wage updates: Rural Vietnam, Urban Vietnam, and Rural Nilgiris, India. These reports update living wage estimates to account for changes in inflation, exchange rates, costs of living, and policy changes since the original reporting.

Read the newest updates:

• Rural Vietnam
• Urban Vietnam
• Rural Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, India

Cover photo by ILO/Aaron Santos

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In attendance at the event were a range of representatives from Government, Labour Unions, Producers and Suppliers, Brands and Retailers, NGOs, Certification Bodies, and the Press. Key groups were consulted in the days leading to the event to ensure that major concerns could be understood directly before bringing together the range of stakeholders that would need to be engaged to drive action on living wage. Specifically, SAI, supported by the research team at ERC that led this GLWC living wage study conducted private consultations for the following stakeholders prior to the group validation event:

1. Auditing bodies
2. Trade union (VGCL)
3. Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI)
4. Ministry of Labour Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA)
5. Ho Chi Minh City Export Processing Zone Authority (HEPZA)
6. Vietnam Leather, Footwear, and Handbag Association
7. SA8000 Certified Factory

The group validation event was led by the ERC’s Do Quynh Chi in Vietnamese with English translation provided. The GLWC was represented at the event by the lead organisation on the urban Vietnam study, Social Accountability International (SAI). SAI’s Rochelle Zaid and Stephanie Wilson assisted with an agenda that included a presentation of the living wage methodology and research study, a panel discussion, interactive break-out sessions and Q&A.

The goal of this session was to ensure uptake of the living wage estimate and to get any feedback on key elements that might need to be reviewed before release. Overall the report was very positively received and has resulted in a request for additional living wage benchmarks in Vietnam Economic zones 2 and 3. If you are interested in helping to fund this work so that we can ensure accurate living wage estimates for all of Vietnam, please contact Michelle Bhattacharyya, coordinator for the Global Living Wage Coalition at Michelle@globallivingwage.org.

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