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Industrias Sinteticas (INSINCA)
Published: September 28, 2013
The WRC’s assessment at INSINCA found violations in the areas of wages and hours, statutory paid leave, freedom of association and occupational health and safety.
Nemtex
Published: August 17, 2011
The WRC was initially contacted by the Salvadoran Sitrasacosi union (Sindicato de Trabajadoras y Trabajadores Sastres, Costureras y Similares) in early September 2010 regarding the illegal dismissals of four workers who were members of the leadership committee of a newly-established union at Nemtex. After engagement with the factory and brands, representatives of HBI, GFSI, and Under…
Hermosa and Chi Fung
Published: January 4, 2007
Hermosa Manufacturing closed abruptly in May 2005 without paying workers substantial amounts of legally mandated compensation. In addition, workers who engaged in efforts to protest Hermosa’s practices and secure their compensation were blacklisted by other apparel factories in the region; the WRC documented such blacklisting by a factory known as Chi Fung, another supplier of university logo goods in Apopa, El Salvador.
Quality/Elderwear
Published: December 19, 2006
In response to a complaint from workers in late August 2006, the WRC undertook an inquiry into alleged worker rights violations at a factory known as Quality, located in Soyapango, El Salvador. The factory was closed in August of this year and production was relocated to a different region of El Salvador.
Evergreen
Published: December 19, 2006
Pursuant to a complaint from worker representatives, the WRC investigated and engaged in efforts to remediate code of conduct violations at an apparel facility in El Salvador known as Evergreen. The initial complaint alleged that Evergreen had unlawfully terminated a group of roughly 300 workers in March 2005 in retaliation for efforts by workers to exercise their associational rights and had failed to pay these workers legally mandated back wages, benefits and severance.
Primo S.A. de C.V.
Published: April 5, 2004
The present Report focuses exclusively on the most urgent issue at Primo: the allegation that Primo has systematically discriminated in its hiring process against workers perceived to be trade unionists (a practice known as “blacklisting”). It is important to note that this allegation concerns not just Primo, but factories throughout the San Bartolo free trade zone.