Dindigul
New Worker-Driven Social Responsibility (WSR) agreements are a key tool for combatting forced labor, gender-based violence and harassment, and overlapping human rights and labor abuses in supply chains. One such example, the 2022 Dindigul Agreement, was pioneered by an independent majority Dalit trade union in India run by women, and comprises a set of legally binding agreements with major apparel companies. As the United States, Canada, and the European Union all work to develop new regulatory efforts to raise labor standards in supply chains, this brief aims to highlight the key elements of WSR agreements to ensure they can be supported – and not undermined – by regulatory approaches.
