A while back there was a good discussion on ISO 9000, with participation from Asia, US, etc. Unfortunatley, I was a bit too quick with the ctrl + D in the In box.
My question: does ISO 9000 stipulate anything regarding conditions of labor? We have a couple of companies here trumpeting their new ISO 9000 status, and they have absolutely horrific records of labor abuses. The unions are have tried lots of ways to publicize the abuses; they now feel the ISO issue might be a useful "hook" for us.
Note: even if ISO 9000 does not stipulate a certain treatment of labor, has there been disussion in this regard? Point: even if we can't argue the designation is spurious on the grounds of bad labor practices, we can still argue there ought to be social clauses with ISO 9000.
Any and all comment, help, guidance is very much appreciated. It may well make this week's news here.
Tom
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