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UW-Madison relies on labor rights orgs, questionnaires to weed out bad licensees
Published: October 26, 2023
Corrective Action for University Code Compliance—in Bangladesh and in LA
Published: August 31, 2022
To: WRC Affiliate Universities and Colleges From: Manodeep Guha, Tara Mathur, and Ben Hensler Date: August 31, 2022 Re: Corrective Action for University Code Compliance—in Bangladesh and in LA This update is to inform you of the recent successful completion of corrective actions for university code of conduct violations in two separate cases we have…
Pure Cotton
Published: August 31, 2022
The WRC investigated violations of university codes of conduct by Pure Cotton, a company located in Los Angeles, California, that supplied collegiate apparel to the licensee, Hype & Vice, LLC (Hype & Vice). In September 2018, California state inspectors cited Pure Cotton, and a small subcontract factory operating at the same address, Union Supply, for…
The importance of America’s Fabric Act “can’t be overstated”
Published: May 19, 2022
Statement of the Worker Rights Consortium concerning the Violence of January 6
Published: January 15, 2021
The Worker Rights Consortium strongly condemns the violent anti-democratic invasion of the US Capitol building by racist and other far-right groups that took place in Washington, DC last week. As an American organization headquartered in DC with a global presence, we have seen the impact of these despicable actions reverberate throughout our community, the United…
Members of Coalition to End Uyghur Forced Labour Testify Before Congress
Published: September 17, 2020
House Ways & Means Trade Subcommittee holds hearing on imports from the Xinjiang Region Washington, D.C.— Today, three members of the 280+ groups that make up the Coalition to End Uyghur Forced Labour testified before the House Ways & Means Committee. The Campaign for Uyghurs, the Worker Rights Consortium, and the AFL-CIO are part of a coalition calling…
New Era Cap Company
Published: March 14, 2019
The complaint alleged that New Era failed to comply with WRC and university Codes of Conduct, and with applicable labor and employment laws, in three general areas: health and safety, age and disability discrimination, and freedom of association and collective bargaining.
C.J.’s Seafood
Published: June 20, 2012
After conducting interviews with workers, the WRC found grave and systematic abuses of the rights of this highly vulnerable workforce, including grossly excessive hours of work, severe and constant harassment and psychological abuse, wages far below the legal minimum, oppressive living conditions, discrimination based on national origin, and threats of violence aimed at preventing workers from reporting these abuses to regulatory and law enforcement agencies.
Thai El Monte Garment Workers Inducted into US Labor Hall of Honor
Published: September 18, 2023
Twenty-eight years ago last month, consumers opened their newspapers to learn that sweatshops had returned to the US apparel industry, on domestic soil, under conditions unheard of in nearly a century. In August 1995, more than 70 Thai migrant workers were found to be sewing garments sold by major US retailers, under slave labor conditions,…