VF is elevating its focus on worker rights putting social dialogue and industrial relations at the centre of its strategic effort. A key outcome of this focus has been to engage in a strategic partnership with Better Work on industrial relations with an overarching goal that:

Workers in VF’s supply chain are aware of their rights and responsibilities to enable effective social dialogue and trust the grievance mechanism in their workplace.

Building further on previous good results from Cambodia, VF is looking to address the need for improving workplace social dialogue in Bangladesh by expanding the scope beyond factory leadership. This means including all staff functions at the factories in the training and further learning process.

A blended learning approach

Skilled facilitators and in-person sessions continue to be key elements to ensure successful implementation in factories when addressing such complex issues as social dialogue. A key focus is to deliver awareness training to the whole workforce to understand roles & responsibilities in a social dialogue context, and to support the constructive use of the participating committees and worker representatives. This means engaging with employees across the entire workplace not just for management and committee members and/or union representatives.

VF has partnered with Better Work Bangladesh for face to face interactive training, and with Quizrr for an expanded scope to include training to all supervisors and workers through a digital solution delivered on tablets. This allows the participating suppliers to assess, monitor and evaluate if knowledge gaps are addressed, closed and information retained with the employees.

5 easy steps

1. Create implementation team

Put together a team of dedicated managers and employees who will be programme champions! Explain the goals and benefits of the programme, and empower them to share the information (key dates, how to participate) with their colleagues. Check in with them periodically and support them in their efforts.

2. Attend onboarding sessions

Please join the onboarding sessions to understand how the survey and training will work, what types of results you might expect, and how to engage and empower your workers to share their voice!

3. Set training plans to meet targets

Quizrr will support your implementation team with developing a training plan to ensure you meet your training targets in a timely manner without jeopardising your production targets. Please follow the training plan closely to ensure everyone will have access to the training.

4. Engage and follow-up through dashboards

Access Quizrr dashboard to check in with your participation rate and training results.

5. Q&A

Do you need more support on training? Click here to access Quizrr Helpdesk.

Key supplier partners will show commitment to VF requirements and facility standards. With the increased focus on Workplace Social Dialogue and VF offers support for strategic suppliers globally.

• Build capacity and knowledge for workers and management to strengthen social dialogue.
• Increase knowledge on Rights & Responsibilities incl. for WPCs, Safety Committees and Welfare officers.
• ToT module with Better Work and digital tablet training for all workers with Quizrr.
• New approach with digital tools: Access to dashboard to track training and performance.
• Opportunity to share achievements with other brand partners.
• Continuous training for new employees and refresher training.

Contact – Sokunthea Seng, Worker Rights Program Manager VF Corporation

Contact – Sohan Rahman, Regional Project Manager, Quizrr.

Contact – Munim Adbdul, Lead Training and Partnership Officer, ILO- Better Work Programme.