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Fashion brands said ‘never again’ but women are still being exploited in supply chains
Published: April 24, 2022
Weakening Legal Protections for Garment Workers in Asia
Published: May 27, 2021
May 27, 2021 Dear colleagues, Over the past year, the WRC has tracked a disturbing trend: as their populations faced the ravages of Covid, the governments of several garment-producing countries in Asia acted to strip away and undermine worker protections, a move often framed as a way to attract new investment. In Indonesia and India,…
Locked Down and Out of Work: Desperation Sets in among Garment Workers
Published: May 3, 2021
Sangwoo (Cambodia) Co. Ltd.
Published: April 6, 2021
The apparel industry’s chronically low wages left most garment workers with no savings on the eve of the Covid-19 crisis. Since most governments in apparel exporting countries provide little or no unemployment benefits, the only thing standing between an out-of-work garment worker and immediate poverty for her family are the legally mandated severance benefits that…
Propitious (Cambodia) Garment Ltd.
Published: April 6, 2021
The apparel industry’s chronically low wages left most garment workers with no savings on the eve of the Covid-19 crisis. Since most governments in apparel exporting countries provide little or no unemployment benefits, the only thing standing between an out-of-work garment worker and immediate poverty for her family are the legally mandated severance benefits that…
New Best Global Textile Co. Ltd.
Published: April 6, 2021
The apparel industry’s chronically low wages left most garment workers with no savings on the eve of the Covid-19 crisis. Since most governments in apparel exporting countries provide little or no unemployment benefits, the only thing standing between an out-of-work garment worker and immediate poverty for her family are the legally mandated severance benefits that…
Hong Sen Textile
Published: April 6, 2021
Hong Sen Textile, a Next supplier factory in Takeo province, Cambodia, suspended operations in August 2020, when its owner fled the country. More than 900 workers were left without an estimated $497,644 in legally owed severance and other terminal compensation. Hong Sen workers took to the streets in protest. Nop Sokha, who worked at the…
Hana I Inc.
Published: April 6, 2021
On June 23, 2020, Hana I Inc. declared bankruptcy and announced it would close, claiming financial losses due to the pandemic. Nine months later, the 774 workers it fired have only received $65,000, which included payment for unused annual leave and a portion of the money the factory owes them for its failure provide advance…
Gladpeer Garments Factory Ltd.
Published: April 6, 2021
The apparel industry’s chronically low wages left most garment workers with no savings on the eve of the Covid-19 crisis. Since most governments in apparel exporting countries provide little or no unemployment benefits, the only thing standing between an out-of-work garment worker and immediate poverty for her family are the legally mandated severance benefits that…
Eco Base Ltd.
Published: April 6, 2021
Dignity Knitter Ltd. and Eco Base Ltd. are sister factories in Takhmao City in Kandal Province, Cambodia. They supplied Arcadia, Debenhams, John Lewis, Lidl, Mango, Marks & Spencer, Next, and Urban Outfitters, before closing in April 2020, firing more than 1,100 workers, and failing to pay them $2.2 million in legally mandated compensation. Workers at…