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APS El Salvador
Published: March 15, 2024
This report outlines the investigative findings and recommendations for remedial action of the WRC concerning unpaid wages, legal severance, and other terminal compensation owed to workers at the Salvadoran garment factory, APS El Salvador, which closed in August 2022. The WRC initiated an investigation into the factory’s failure to pay this compensation in response to…
Style Avenue S.A.
Published: March 12, 2024
Style Avenue was found to have multiple and repeated labor rights violations, including forced overtime, illegal terminations, verbal abuse by management, failure to respect freedom of association, locking workers in the factory, excessive heat, and unsanitary conditions.
Update: Outerstuff Commits to Full Remediation at Style Avenue
Published: March 12, 2024
To: WRC Affiliate Universities and Colleges From: Scott Nova, Tara Mathur, Ben Hensler Date: March 12, 2024 Re: Update: Outerstuff Commits to Full Remediation at Style Avenue I am very pleased to report a positive resolution in the case of Style Avenue, the Salvadoran factory that closed last year owing workers back wages and legally…
Case Update: Outerstuff/Style Avenue
Published: February 8, 2024
February 8, 2024 Dear Colleagues, I write to update you on the nonpayment of $1.8 million in legally mandated compensation at Outerstuff’s supplier Style Avenue. I met with Outerstuff executives to discuss the case at the end of December. At that meeting, Outerstuff indicated that it would be sending the WRC a proposal to remediate the violations…
Garment workers have lost out on $4bn of severance pay, says rights group
Published: February 5, 2024
Workers at Outerstuff Supplier Are Owed $1.8 Million
Published: December 12, 2023
To: WRC Affiliate Universities and Colleges From: Tara Mathur, Ben Hensler, and Scott Nova Date: December 12, 2023 Re: Workers at Outerstuff Supplier Are Owed $1.8 Million Please find here a new report from the WRC on the denial of approximately $1.8 million in legally owed wages, severance, and other compensation to 244 former workers…
Workers at Two Guatemala Garment Factories Overcome a History of Violence and Vindicate Associational Rights
Published: February 24, 2022
The WRC helped workers organizing unions at Guatemalan factories owned by Korean multinational SAE-A secure remedies for violence, death threats, and illegal firings.