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Call for action against china grows |
12 October 2005 - http://www.cosatu.org.za/ Trade union representatives from the clothing, textiles, footwear and leather sector from Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Madagascar, Mauritius, Namibia, Tanzania, Nigeria, Lesotho, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa met in Cape Town on 10-11 October to discuss the effects of the Multi-fibre Arrangement (MFA) phase out and its effect on the future of the African textiles, clothing and leather industries. The meeting was facilitated by the International Textile Garment & Leather Workers’ Federation’s Africa Region (ITGLWF-Africa). The representatives concluded that the African continent has lost more than 250 000 jobs over the past few years, resulting in more than a million African family-members having lost the stable source of their livelihood. They noted that cheap textiles and clothing imports from China have flooded the domestic African markets, which has seriously injured the clothing, textile and leather sectors in Africa, and resulted in loss of precious productive capacity, factory closures and retrenchments. The representatives called for coordinated action by African governments to institute temporary safeguard measures against Chinese imports of textiles and clothing, on the basis of China’s WTO Accession Protocol. The meeting also resolved to call for Summit in Africa on the future of the clothing, textile and footwear industries, with strong participation by trade unions, investors and governments, in order to develop commitments for a common action plan to grow the industry and the welfare of its workers. |
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