UNI and Inditex reconfirm global agreement

Publicado: 12 Abril 2013
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UNI General Secretary Philip Jennings and Inditex CEO, Pablo Isla, held talks at UNI headquarters in Nyon and reconfirmed their commitment to the Global Agreement signed in 2009.



Inditex is the largest fast-fashion retailer in the world ahead of H&M with which UNI also has a Global Agreement.



They discussed the need for investment rather than more austerity in order to overcome the global economic crisis and agreed that strong measures must be taken to encourage consumers.



Despite Spain, the home country of Inditex, suffering severely under the austerity measures imposed by its government and the Troika, Inditex was able to grow and add more than 10'000 new jobs in 2012.



UNI and Inditex enjoy a very constructive cooperation regarding the respect for labour rights throughout the company's global retail operations.



Inditex has also signed a Global Agreement with IndustriAll regarding labour standards in its supply chain.