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How Trump’s tariffs could affect Nike and its workers
Country: Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Vietnam
Issues: Covid-19, Wage and hour violations, Wage Theft
Nike Relents on Thai Wage Theft Case, Albeit With ‘Deficiencies’ in Plan
Country: Thailand
Issues: Covid-19, Wage Theft
WRC Update: Nike Remediation Plan for Hong Seng Workers
Country: Thailand
Issues: Covid-19, Freedom of Association Violations, Wage Theft, Wrongful Termination
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
Country: Thailand
Issues: Covid-19, Wage Theft
FLA Report on Hong Seng (Nike)
Country: Thailand
Issues: Covid-19, Wage Theft
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…
Nike Shareholders Vote No on Labor Rights Proposal
Country: Cambodia, Thailand
Issues: Covid-19, Gender-based Violence and Discrimination, Health & Safety Violations, Safety Accords, Wage Theft
Broken threads: 5 things to know about troubled college clothing industry
Country: Global
Issues: Abuse and Harassment, Covid-19, Forced Labor, Freedom of Association Violations, Gender-based Violence and Discrimination, Living Wage, Wage Theft
Broken threads: College clothing made in factories rife with labor violations, poverty wages
Country: Global
Issues: Abuse and Harassment, Covid-19, Freedom of Association Violations, Gender-based Violence and Discrimination, LGBTQ, Living Wage, Safety Accords, Wage and hour violations, Wage Theft, Workplace Health and Safety
Violet Apparel Co. Ltd.
Country: Cambodia
Issues: Covid-19, Wage Theft
The July 1, 2020, closure of Violet Apparel Co. Ltd. in Phnom Penh, Cambodia—a supplier of non-collegiate apparel to Nike and UK brand, Matalan—left 1,284 workers unemployed with less than one week’s notice. Violet Apparel was owned by textile and apparel conglomerate, Ramatex, which operates more than 20 production facilities around the world, including three…
A Wealthy Industrialist Stole $5 Million from Thai Garment Workers and Refuses to Pay It Back. Leading Apparel Brands Keep Doing Business with Him Anyway.
Country: Thailand
Issues: Covid-19, Wage Theft
Industrialist Robert Ng deprived 900 low-wage workers at his Thai production facility of $5 million in legally mandated compensation. Five years later, he still refuses to pay workers the money owed to them. His recalcitrance is being enabled by leading apparel brands and retailers in the US and Europe that continue to reward him with…