The Worker Rights Consortium is an independent labor rights monitoring organization, conducting investigations of working conditions in factories around the globe. Our purpose is to combat sweatshops and protect the rights of workers who make apparel and other products sold in the United States.

• WRC Issues Full Report on PT Kizone
  The WRC has issued a new report on labor rights violations at PT Kizone in Indonesia, where nearly three thousands workers have been robbed by the factory of compensation they legally earned. The report looks in depth at the position of adidas, a key buyer from Kizone. While Nike, another buyer, has contributed substantial funds to help the workers, adidas refuses to provide them any financial assistance.
• Worker-Leaders Reinstated in Haiti at Urging of Gildan and Hanes
  Two factories, supplying Gildan and Hanes, have reinstated leaders of an industry-wide garment union who were fired in September. A third factory – One World Apparel – remains intransigent. The reinstatements are an important step forward for labor rights in Haiti. It will be crucial going forward for buyers to support the factories with orders while continuing to hold them accountable to their labor rights obligations.

• PT Kizone: Workers Owed $1.8 Million in Legally-Mandated Compensation (Indonesia)
  Workers at PT Kizone, a factory in Indonesia, are owed $1.8 million in compensation they legally earned. The factory, which supplied adidas, Nike and the Dallas Cowboys, is closed and the owner has fled the country. The WRC is pressing the responsible brands to make the workers whole.
• Genesis S.A.
  At the urging of its customer, Gildan, worker representatives have been reinstated at this Haitian t-shirt factory. Originally dismissed for starting a new labor union, the workers are back on the job. Groups are calling on Gildan to maintain orders at the factory in light of this progress. This will hopefully be the harbinger of a new day for labor rights in Haiti.
• Alta Gracia: Living Wage, Union-Made Apparel in the Dominican Republic
  The WRC is conducting monitoring and verification at a model factory that represents a huge advance in wages and conditions for apparel workers.
• Minimum Wage Violations and Corrective Action (India)
  The WRC and local worker representatives have pressed Wal-Mart, Gap, H&M, Cutter and Buck and other major brands and retailers to correct massive violations of the minimum wage law by their suppliers in Bangalore.
• Implementation of Nike Agreement
  The WRC is monitoring implementation of a ground-breaking agreement that workers in Honduras have won with Nike.
• Implementation of Historic Russell Accord
  The WRC is monitoring implementation of a ground-breaking labor rights agreement.
• Designated Suppliers Program
  A strategy to address the root causes of sweatshop conditions
• View reports of all WRC factory investigations