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Haitian Workers at Factory Supplying Gildan Activewear Fired for Striking over Poverty Wages
Country: Haiti
Issues: Freedom of Association Violations
An investigation by the Worker Rights Consortium (WRC) has found that a supplier factory to Gildan Activewear located in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, engaged in a mass firing of its workers in retaliation for their going on strike over unpaid overtime. The WRC found that the dismissal of 64 Haitian workers at Gildan’s supplier, Centri Group, was…
Southern Apparel Contractors (Tegra Global)
Country: Honduras
Issues: Freedom of Association Violations
In 2022, the WRC found violations of freedom of association at Southern Apparel Contractors, a factory in Honduras owned by the US company, Tegra Global. In April 2022, a national transportation shutdown resulted in the factory requiring its employees to “repay” a day of lost wages, which was in violation of the collective bargaining agreement…
New WRC Report: Southern Apparel Contractors (Honduras)
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Issues: Freedom of Association Violations
To: WRC Affiliate Universities and Colleges From: Tara Mathur and Ben Hensler Date: March 14, 2023 Re: New WRC Report: Southern Apparel Contractors (Honduras) Please find here a new report on the WRC investigation and successful remediation of violations of workers’ right to freedom of association, under university codes of conduct, at Southern Apparel Contractors (“SAC”),…
Winners
Country: Guatemala
Issues: Freedom of Association Violations, Violence Against Workers, Wrongful Termination
In 2020, the WRC documented serious violations of workers’ rights to freedom of association that occurred at the Winners factory, owned by the Korean multinational company, SAE-A. Union leaders were attacked by mob violence, threatened with death, and forced to resign from their positions. The WRC engaged with SAE-A and with buyers and ultimately the…
Trax Apparel
Country: Cambodia
Issues: Freedom of Association Violations
The WRC identified multiple violations of Cambodian law and university labor standards at Trax Apparel, a collegiate supplier to adidas, including the illegal firing of eight workers in retaliation for forming a union to seek to better working conditions. After extensive engagement with adidas, management reinstated four of the eight leaders, however, with only partial…
Update: Breakthrough at Trax Apparel (Cambodia)
Country: Cambodia
Issues: Freedom of Association Violations
To: WRC Affiliate Universities and Colleges From: Ben Hensler, Bent Gehrt, and Scott Nova Date: February 17, 2023 Re: Update: Breakthrough at Trax Apparel (Cambodia) Over the last week, the WRC has been in close communication with adidas regarding Trax Apparel. As you know, the WRC determined, in a report issued to schools last fall,…
Fashion Brands Are Profiting From the Erosion of Workers’ Rights in Myanmar | Opinion
Country: Myanmar
Issues: Abuse and Harassment, Freedom of Association Violations, Gender-based Violence and Discrimination, Health & Safety Violations, Myanmar Coup, Wage and hour violations, Wage Theft
Stay or Go? In Myanmar, Fashion Faces More Questions Than Answers.
Country: Myanmar
Issues: Abuse and Harassment, Freedom of Association Violations, Gender-based Violence and Discrimination, Myanmar Coup, Wage and hour violations, Wage Theft
Update: Adidas’s Refusal to Correct University Code Violations at Trax Apparel (Cambodia)
Country: Cambodia
Issues: Freedom of Association Violations
To: WRC Affiliate Universities and Colleges From: Ben Hensler and Scott Nova Date: January 30, 2023 Re: Update: Adidas’s Refusal to Correct University Code Violations at Trax Apparel (Cambodia) In light of adidas’s ongoing refusal to require Trax Apparel, an adidas collegiate apparel supplier in Cambodia, to rehire worker leaders that the factory fired in…
New Report Details Impact of Lesotho Anti-GBVH Program
Country: Lesotho
Issues: Freedom of Association Violations, Gender-based Violence and Discrimination
A new report details the impact of the Lesotho Anti-GBVH Program over the past two years. This Program was created by a set of landmark agreements between apparel companies, a major manufacturer, unions, and women’s groups to address gender-based violence and harassment (GBVH) in Lesotho garment factories. The WRC has played a central role throughout…