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Nike Relents on Thai Wage Theft Case, Albeit With ‘Deficiencies’ in Plan
Published: April 29, 2025
Hong Seng Knitting
Published: April 21, 2025
WRC affiliate universities have continued to engage with Nike on this case. However, Nike’s position remains unchanged. It continues to ignore overwhelming evidence of worker coercion reported by the WRC, asserting that thousands of workers at Hong Seng voluntarily chose to forgo wages that they were legally owed. In support of its position, Nike cites an audit it commissioned from a for-profit contract monitoring firm, Elevate, but Nike refuses…
WRC Update: Nike Remediation Plan for Hong Seng Workers
Published: April 21, 2025
To: WRC Affiliate Universities and Colleges From: Scott Nova Date: April 21, 2025 Re: WRC Update: Nike Remediation Plan for Hong Seng Workers I want to provide you with the WRC’s assessment of Nike’s current remediation plan for Hong Seng Knitting in Thailand: As always, please let us know if you have questions or would like to…
Thailand’s auditing industry fails to protect migrant workers: activists
Published: April 16, 2025
FLA Report on Hong Seng (Nike)
Published: December 17, 2024
December 17, 2024 Dear Colleagues, The Fair Labor Association (FLA) has issued a report on Hong Seng, the collegiate supplier factory in Thailand that forced workers to give up mandatory leave pay in clear violation of university standards. Nike has insisted that these workers gave up their pay voluntarily and has refused to ask the factory…
Heart and Mind Apparel Co., Ltd.
Published: October 21, 2024
A Worker Rights Consortium (WRC) investigation found that, at the time of its closure, Heart and Mind, a garment factory located in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand, denied 98 of its employees approximately $150,000 in legally owed severance, of which roughly $78,000 is still unpaid. The factory had supplied children’s clothing to PVH Corp. (Tommy Hilfiger), El…
Four Years Later, Workers at Nike Supplier Are Still Owed over $900,000
Published: October 1, 2024
Hong Seng Knitting continues to refuse to provide back pay to more than 99 percent of the affected workers and continues to refuse to pay meaningful compensation to the Burmese migrant worker who was forced to flee the country after management reported him to the police…
Nike Shareholders Vote No on Labor Rights Proposal
Published: September 11, 2024
Schwere Vorwürfe: Vorarlberger Textilriese schuldet Arbeiterinnen 5,5 Millionen Euro
Published: December 15, 2023
Hugo Boss—Heartless to Heart and Mind Workers, Workers Who Sewed for Brand at Thai Factory Denied Severance
Published: October 21, 2024
Hugo Boss continues to refuse to ensure that workers who made its branded clothes receive their legally owed severance at Heart and Mind, a garment factory that was located in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand and permanently closed on December 3, 2017. Hugo Boss is one of the largest German clothing brands, achieving record sales of EUR 4.2 billion…