The GoodElectronics Network warmly congratulates La Federació SETEM, the national coordinator of the Campanya Roba Neta (Clean Clothes Campaign), as they receive the Jaime Brunet International Human Rights Prize 2025 in recognition of its sustained efforts defending workers’ rights and human dignity in global supply chains.
The award was announced on December 10, International Human Rights Day, by the Public University of Navarra (UPNA) to highlight SETEM’s role in advancing labour rights at a decisive moment for human rights advocacy.
The Jaime Brunet Prize, supported by the Fundación Jaime Brunet, reflects more than two decades of SETEM’s work to challenge exploitative practices in global industries. SETEM brings together development NGOs across Spain to raise awareness of inequalities between the global North and South, promote fair trade, and defend worker rights, particularly through the Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC).
The Clean Clothes Campaign employs a mix of public mobilization, advocacy, and direct pressure on multinational brands to improve labor conditions, enforce safety standards, and uphold wage and contractual rights for garment workers. At present global economy, the garments and electronics industries operate under the same global production logic, characterized by value chains, plunder of resources, extreme labor cost competition, and corporate concentration of fashion and electronic brands in the Global North. While the end products differ (apparel versus devices), the structure of production, labor regimes, and power relations are strikingly similar.
SETEM’s receipt of the Brunet Prize underscores the interconnected nature of labor rights and human rights in globalised production systems. Digitalization has further tightened control over workers through productivity monitoring, just-in-time scheduling, and algorithmic management.
Original reporting by Pamplona Actual and STEM. Read the original article in Catalan from SETEM’s website.
