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Unpaid Health Benefits and Two Worker Deaths in Haiti
Published: June 17, 2021
To: WRC Affiliate Universities and Colleges From: Scott Nova, Tara Mathur, and Ben Hensler Date: June 17, 2021 Re: Unpaid Health Benefits and Two Worker Deaths in Haiti We write to share a new WRC report concerning two factories in Haiti making university logo apparel, Palm Apparel and Sewing International, that failed to pay legally…
Multiwear
Published: October 6, 2016
Multiwear, a factory located in Port-au-Prince, Haiti closed its operations on March 15, 2016. At the time of the closure, Multiwear employed approximately 2,000 workers who were represented by three independent trade union bodies. During the closure, the WRC engaged with factory management and the key buyer, HanesBrands, to ensure that workers’ legal rights were…
BKI, S.A.
Published: October 1, 2014
The WRC’s assessment of BKI identified noncompliance with the Ordinance’s requirements in the following main areas: (1) wages and hours, (2) abuse, and (3) occupational health and safety.
One World Apparel
Published: October 15, 2013
Since 2011, the International Labor Organization and International Finance Corporation’s Better Work Haiti factory monitoring program has consistently reported overwhelming noncompliance by Haitian export garment factories with the country’s legal minimum wage. A report from Better Work Haiti in April 2013 indicated that every one of the country’s export garment factories was violating the law.
Global Manufacturers & Contractors
Published: October 15, 2013
Since 2011, the International Labor Organization and International Finance Corporation’s Better Work Haiti factory monitoring program has consistently reported overwhelming noncompliance by Haitian export garment factories with the country’s legal minimum wage. A report from Better Work Haiti in April 2013 indicated that every one of the country’s export garment factories was violating the law.
Caracol Industrial Park
Published: October 15, 2013
Since 2011, the International Labor Organization and International Finance Corporation’s Better Work Haiti factory monitoring program has consistently reported overwhelming noncompliance by Haitian export garment factories with the country’s legal minimum wage. A report from Better Work Haiti in April 2013 indicated that every one of the country’s export garment factories was violating the law.
Stealing from the Poor: Wage Theft in the Haitian Apparel Industry
Published: May 17, 2013
Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Its expanding garment industry pays wages to workers that are among the lowest in any of the world’s leading apparel-exporting nations. Yet despite benefiting from rock-bottom labor costs – as well as trade preferences under the HOPE II program – garment factory owners in Haiti routinely, and illegally, cheat workers of substantial portions of their pay, depriving them of any chance to free their families from lives of grueling poverty and frequent hunger.
Grupo M/Codevi
Published: February 15, 2006
After two years of efforts to remediate major worker rights violations, the Grupo M/Codevi zone has undergone a remarkable transformation. As detailed below, these improvements include cessation of violations of workers’ associational rights, recognition of an independent trade union, and negotiation of a collective bargaining accord — a level of compliance with codes of conduct and international standards on freedom of association that is rarely seen in Haiti.