sewing work 60 rescued from sweatshops.
After the fifth anniversary of the tragic fire at the textile factory who discovered the drama of slavery in the sector, continues to promote the work INTI formal and efficient production Demonstration Center Apparel Barracks.
The tragedy was here: in Floresta, in Caballito. There was no need to travel to India or Pakistan. After a fatality, the death of four children and two adults in the fire of the street sweatshop Luis Viale in 2006 - that identity diffused called "public opinion" noted the plight of the seamstresses in the city of Buenos Aires and its surroundings. "Extreme vulnerability of workers, days worked very extensive, very poor salaries, no conditions minimum safety and health "and in the worst case, child labor and use of slave labor, are constantly flowing through the sewers of informal workshops in our country even today. With this scenario involving thirty thousand sewing, and in response to claims that social groups and organizations that the group-including the Fundación La Alameda-emerged in 2006 a joint proposal state levels: Demonstration Center Apparel Barracks (CDI).
The project, which took three years of work from designing to commissioning goal-focused intervention in the garment sector of textile clothing, encouraging the creation and strengthening of production shops, service and marketing based in the City of Buenos Aires, through the assignment of a physical model for the development and training in the art. The initiative was undertaken jointly by the INTI, which designed the project and advised on the production and management aspects to selected workshops, the Ministry of Production of the City of Buenos Aires, he bought and renovated the building, and the Ministries of Development Social Work and the nation that financed machinery and inputs. Finally, on 1 July 2009, the Commission opened its doors with the participation of three textile cooperatives began to perform their productive tasks in the property, with the mission to develop strategies for working with the business sector, seeking an improvement in working conditions, improved production and growth value added in this link of the chain.
industrial plant
The chosen site is located in the neighborhood of barracks, has an area of \u200b\u200b1,200 square feet on a warehouse and offices. INTI currently accompanies productive groups in industrial organization, business management and following the appropriate training in the models clothing, marketing and the different concerns of workers for industrial project development. As of today they operate in the CDI five workshops: Cooperative Cildañez 6 (production Denin and work clothes); Cooperative Dean Funes (knitting and wearing thin); Cooperative July 1 (clothing knit and flat); Cooperative Ideas Piecing together (knit apparel) and the Association "was not me"-working on art projects and productive with women deprived of their freedom, among which number some 60 sewing stable on the farm. In turn, four enterprises are performing the procedures to participate in the project.
Since its opening date, the Commission went through more than 150 workers rescued from sweatshops, many of whom were able to rejoin formal sector enterprises, others changed item and others returned to their country. As for what products are made products for different companies and in the framework of the Dust of the Ministry of Social Development, was cutting more than 30,000 dust at the same time it drew up a significant number of these garments. In turn, joining the Social Commitment Sharing Programme INTI allowed the development of a comprehensive line of clothing work and participation in tenders and purchases of various national (INTI, the Argentine Army and Ministry of Environment and Public Space GCBA, among others). Finally, in December 2010, cooperatives Cildañez 6 (men's jeans), July 1 (Bridesmaid Dresses), Piecing together ideas (children's clothing) and Integration Region (shirts) could launch its own products under the collective brand " MIND "driven by the INTI.
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