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Bangladeshi Factory Safety Monitor Admits Work is ‘Not Without Its Challenges’
Published: April 23, 2025
WRC Delivers Back Pay to Collegiate Apparel Workers in Bangladesh
Published: March 20, 2025
To: WRC Affiliate Universities and Colleges From: Manodeep Guha and Ben Hensler Date: March 20, 2025 Re: WRC Delivers Back Pay to Collegiate Apparel Workers in Bangladesh Workers Receive Full Remedy for Unpaid Compensation This month more than 700 workers formerly employed by the Base Textiles Ltd factory in Bangladesh, which had produced collegiate apparel…
Base Textiles
Published: March 20, 2025
Base Textiles ceased operations without paying employees $325,000 in legally required wages, severance, and other benefits. The WRC’s investigation found that factory management stopped paying workers their wages on time and then unlawfully pressured workers to resign, so it could avoid paying them legally mandated severance after the factory closed. After the WRC communicated our…
Garment Worker Safety in Bangladesh Risks ‘Backslide Into Disaster’
Published: February 12, 2025
Bangladesh factory safety body accused of ‘backsliding’
Published: February 10, 2025
Backsliding Toward Disaster?
Published: February 10, 2025
Under the Bangladesh Accord, now the International Accord, garment factories in Bangladesh have made vast safety improvements since 2013, saving thousands of workers from injury or death. These gains are now under threat.
US calls for strong labour rights in Bangladesh’s garment sector
Published: November 28, 2024
US Pledges Support to Bangladesh’s Garment Industry in ‘Historic Moment’
Published: November 27, 2024
US: Strengthening labour rights key to Bangladesh’s economic success
Published: November 26, 2024
Country Update and Two Collegiate Case Updates
Published: September 6, 2024
September 6, 2024 Dear Colleagues, As the school year kicks off, I am writing to provide updates on several items we reported on over the summer. At Style Avenue, the collegiate factory in El Salvador that closed without paying workers $1.8 million in legally mandated compensation, we completed the distribution of $1.2 million to workers, using…