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Deal Achieved for New International Safety Accord
Published: November 6, 2023
To: WRC Affiliate Universities and Colleges From: Scott Nova Date: November 6, 2023 Re: Deal Achieved for New International Safety Accord I am heartened to report that agreement has just been reached to renew the International Accord for Health and Safety in the Textile and Garment Sector. This new agreement will serve as the umbrella…
Shahi Exports Unit 20
Published: December 16, 2022
The WRC helped secure the reinstatement of a garment worker leader in Bangalore, India, who was subjected to violent threats, physical assault, and suspension from her job for nine months after protesting verbal abuse and harassment of other workers by supervisors and managers at her factory. Although the facility where the incidents occurred does not…
Code Compliance Successes in Ethiopia, Bangladesh, India, and Cambodia
Published: December 16, 2022
To: WRC Affiliate Universities and Colleges From: Jessica Champagne and Scott Nova Date: December 16, 2022 Re: Code Compliance Successes in Ethiopia, Bangladesh, India, and Cambodia As we near the end of 2022, we write to provide brief updates on four cases that were resolved this year. In each case, the WRC documented violations of…
How Walmart Garment Supplier Got Itself Off Imports Blacklist
Published: September 8, 2022
India’s $23.1 Million Wage-Theft Win: ‘It Wasn’t a Few Bad Apples’
Published: July 29, 2022
WRC Update: $9.4 Million in Back Wages Paid by Collegiate Supplier in India
Published: July 8, 2022
July 8, 2022 Dear Colleagues, This is a progress report on the WRC’s efforts to secure back wages for 400,000 garment workers in India’s Karnataka state, including the 80,000 workers employed by the collegiate supplier Shahi Exports. (Click here and here for background.) Here are the key updates: We are continuing to monitor the back pay process…
After WRC Investigation, a Binding Agreement to Protect Workers
Published: June 21, 2022
To: WRC Affiliate Universities and Colleges From: Scott Nova Date: June 21, 2022 Re: After WRC Investigation, a Binding Agreement to Protect Workers Please find here the WRC’s report on our investigation of gender-based violence and harassment at the Natchi Apparel factory in India and binding agreements recently signed with worker representatives, the brand H&M,…
Murder, rape and abuse in Asia’s factories: the true price of fast fashion
Published: May 22, 2022
Natchi Apparel
Published: May 22, 2022
Labor organizations have signed binding agreements with Natchi owner Eastman Apparel and with H&M to combat gender-based violence and harassment at this factory. These agreements were reached after the WRC found numerous practices at the Natchi factory that violated Indian law, international labor standards, and/or vendor codes of conduct, regarding gender-based violence and harassment, other…
Fashion brands said ‘never again’ but women are still being exploited in supply chains
Published: April 24, 2022