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6.0 Business to Business Responsibilities
Complete text of Section 6 of the AJP’s Social Stewardship Standards (2019v4), the standards covering responsibilities of food businesses to other food businesses.
7.0 Non-Profits and Non-Profit Cooperatives
Complete text of Section 7 of the AJP’s Social Stewardship Standards (2019v4), the standards covering nonprofits.
DRAFT Labor Contractor Responsibilities
Complete text of Section 8 of the AJP’s Social Stewardship Standards (2019v4), a draft of potential standards covering labor contractors.
¿Qué ofrecen las Normas de Certificación de Justicia Alimentaria a les trabajadores agrícolas?
Las Normas de Certificación de Justicia Alimentaria describen las condiciones laborales justas para les trabajadores agrícolas, así como también prácticas justas para los negocios que compran de las granjas. Estas normas están escritas y son mantenidas por trabajadores agrícolas, agricultores a escala comunitaria y otras partes interesadas.
Les empleadores agrícolas deben estar en cumplimiento total de las leyes federales, estatales y locales cubriendo las condiciones laborales de les empleades, salario mínimo y compensación, licencia, vivienda, y así sucesivamente.
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¿Qué ofrecen las Normas de Certificación de Justicia Alimentaria a les operadores agrícolas?
Les agricultores no pueden brindar condiciones laborales justas a les trabajadores ni pueden disfrutar condiciones laborales justas elles mismes; a menos que obtengan un trato justo en el mercado. Las normas del Proyecto de Justicia Agrícola (AJP, por sus siglas en inglés) describen tanto las condiciones laborales justas para les trabajadores agrícolas como las prácticas justas para los negocios que les compran a las granjas. Estas normas son las bases del programa de Certificación de Justicia Alimentaria del AJP y sirve como una visión práctica para un sistema alimentario que funcione para todas las personas: trabajadores, operadores agrícolas, y comunidades. Estas normas están escritas y son mantenidas por trabajadores agrícolas, agricultores a escala comunitaria y por otras partes interesadas.
...Summary: AJP standards for workers
Short summary of the AJP’s standards for fair working conditions for employees in farm and food businesses.
Summary: AJP standards for farmers & ranchers
Short summary of the AJP’s standards for fair working conditions and fair trade relationships for farm and ranch operators.
Self-Assessment Checklist: Farms
This checklist is designed as a tool to help farmers run through the AJP labor standards to identify any areas they may need to work on prior to seeking Food Justice Certification.
Code of Conduct for Organic Trade
The following text, from the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM-Organics International), is included here as a resource. IFOAM circulated the code for a few years at the beginning to the 2000s, but never got enough sign on to consider the project a success. Perhaps that is a comment on purely voluntary codes for for-profit businesses.
Conventions on Labor
Below we reprint the Conventions of the International Labor Organization, which along with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights inspired the standards in the Agricultural Justice Project Social Standards for Organic and Sustainable Agriculture. The eight core conventions are: 87) Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organize (1948) 98) Right to Organize and Collective Bargaining (1949) 29) Forced Labor (1930) 105) Abolition of Forced Labor (1959) 138) Minimum Age (1973) 182) Worst Forms of Child Labor (1999) 100) Equal Remuneration (1951) 111) Discrimination (1958) The US joined the ILO in 1980, but has been slow to ratify the conventions and make the changes in US law that would be needed to comply. According to the US Council for International Business (2007 analysis), “Of the eight core conventions, the U.S. has ratified two (105 on forced labor and 182 on the worst forms of child labor) and one has been submitted to the Senate for consent (111 on discrimination). The remaining five conventions have not been ratified by the U.S. – for reasons detailed below – and thus the U.S. is not obliged to comply with their technical requirements. Ratification of an ILO convention would necessitate implementing legislation that would incorporate it into domestic law, superseding any prior federal or state statutes that might have conflicting legal requirements. Thus, ratification of any ILO convention that conflicts with U.S. law and practice would mandate changes to U.S. state and federal labor law so that they conform to the ILO standards.” This analysis goes on to detail the changes that would have to be made in state and federal laws. (p. 3)
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