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State of California Asked WRC to Deliver Living Wages to Workers Making Masks
Country: Vietnam
Issues: Covid-19, Freedom of Association Violations, Health & Safety Violations, Living Wage, Overtime Violations, Statutory Benefit Violations
To: WRC Affiliate Universities and Colleges From: Ben Hensler, Bent Gehrt, and Scott Nova Date: January 24, 2022 Re: State of California Asked WRC to Deliver Living Wages to Workers Making Masks Last year, the State of California’s Health Benefit Exchange, known as Covered California, asked the WRC to assist this public agency by monitoring…
Fashion’s $40 Billion Cancellation Spree Leaves Suppliers Footing the Bill
Country: Global
Issues: Covid-19, Wage Theft
NGOs say garment factories must not be exempt from lockdowns
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Issues: Covid-19
Call to protect garment workers from COVID
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Issues: Covid-19, Health & Safety Violations
RMG factories owe $844m in wages to workers
Country: Bangladesh
Issues: Covid-19
More hours, less money: Garment workers hit by COVID-19 rights rollback
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Issues: Covid-19, Wage Theft
Brands Face New Pressure on Labour Rights
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Issues: Covid-19, Wage Theft
Major brands didn’t ensure proper payment of RMG workers in Bangladesh, other countries during pandemic: report
Country: Bangladesh
Issues: Covid-19, Wage Theft
Bangladeshi and Sri Lankan Unions Call for Health and Safety Protections for Garment Workers
Country: Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
Issues: Covid-19, Health & Safety Violations
The Covid 19 pandemic has posed new health and safety risks for garment workers in factories around the world. In addition to the dangers workers already faced from excessive temperatures, unsafe machinery, and factory fires, workers now must also now contend with the spread of a potentially deadly respiratory virus in factories where, too often,…