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Levi’s slammed for ignoring its own labour standards
Country: Türkiye
Issues: Freedom of Association Violations, Wrongful Termination
Levi’s under fire after supplier laid off hundreds of workers
Country: Türkiye
Issues: Freedom of Association Violations, Violence Against Workers, Wrongful Termination
Explainer: The cost of ignoring worker freedom of association
Country: Türkiye
Issues: Freedom of Association Violations, Violence Against Workers, Wrongful Termination
‘We couldn’t even afford to buy the pants we made’: Turkish Levi’s worker speaks out
Country: Türkiye
Issues: Freedom of Association Violations, Violence Against Workers, Wrongful Termination
Levi’s Turkish Supplier behind Worst Union-Busting Case in Years, Labor Group Says
Country: Türkiye
Issues: Freedom of Association Violations, Violence Against Workers, Wrongful Termination
Özak/Kübrateks
Country: Türkiye
Issues: Freedom of Association Violations, Violence Against Workers, Wrongful Termination
The WRC investigated reports of severe repression of workers’ freedom of association—including mass firings and arrests, threatened and actual violence, wage theft, and blacklisting against 400 workers at Levi’s supplier factory in Türkiye. The WRC found that Özak Global (in some instances in collaboration with both the local militarized forces and a company-favored union), committed,…
Quantum Apparel (Cambodia)
Country: Cambodia
Issues: Freedom of Association Violations, Wrongful Termination
The WRC’s investigation found that, immediately after workers established an independent union at the factory to address complaints concerning the factory’s misuse of short-term contracts, factory management retaliated against the worker union leaders by taking the following unlawful actions: The collegiate licensee, Lululemon cooperated with the WRC’s investigation and engaged with factory management to ensure…
Remediation of Illegal Firing and Discrimination at Lululemon Collegiate Supplier in Cambodia
Country: Cambodia
Issues: Freedom of Association Violations, Wrongful Termination
To: WRC Affiliate Universities and Colleges From: Bent Gehrt and Rola Abimourched Date: May 6, 2024 Re: Remediation of Illegal Firing and Discrimination at Lululemon Collegiate Supplier in Cambodia Please find here a new report on the WRC’s investigation and successful remediation of labor rights violations at the Quantum Apparel factory in Phnom Penh, Cambodia….
Levi’s to work with ‘union-busting’ Turkish factory on ‘conditional basis’
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Issues: Freedom of Association Violations
Sun Shui Shing Industrial (Cambodia)
Country: Cambodia
Issues: Freedom of Association Violations, Gender-based Violence and Discrimination
The WRC’s investigation found that, immediately after workers established an independent union at the factory to address complaints of forced overtime and verbal abuse, the factory management launched an intense campaign of illegal retaliation that included: suspensions and firings of five worker leaders and activists; gender-based threats of violence against these workers; and threats of…