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Poor brand support following Turkey earthquake, report
Country: Türkiye
Issues: Health & Safety Violations, Statutory Benefit Violations
Fashion Brands Offered Turkish Suppliers ‘Bare Minimum’ Following Earthquakes
Country: Türkiye
Issues: Health & Safety Violations, Statutory Benefit Violations
Leading Apparel Brands Tolerated Delivery Delays Resulting from Türkiye Earthquake; but Most Have Done Little Else to Support Survivors
Country: Türkiye
Issues: Health & Safety Violations, Statutory Benefit Violations
New research shows that many apparel giants failed to take appropriate steps to protect suppliers and workers, leaving 48% of factories unable to pay employees in full after quake A white paper by the Worker Rights Consortium (WRC) examines how 16 global brands handled their human rights obligations after the devastating earthquake in Türkiye: Pressed…
Apparel Brand Responses to the Earthquake in Türkiye
Country: Türkiye
Issues: Health & Safety Violations, Statutory Benefit Violations
This white paper evaluates the responses of 16 major apparel brands to the February 6, 2023, earthquake in Türkiye and to its impact on the suppliers and workers in the region producing goods for these brands.
Gap Inc. Signs Pakistan Safety Accord in US Breakthrough for Binding Brand-Labor Agreements
Country: Pakistan
Issues: Health & Safety Violations, Safety Accords
Workers in Gap Inc.’s 14 Factories in Pakistan Will Now Benefit from the Accord’s Unparalleled Fire and Building Safety Protections The Worker Rights Consortium applauds Gap Inc. (Athleta, Banana Republic, Gap, Old Navy) for signing the Pakistan Accord on Health & Safety in the Textile & Garment Industry and encourages other US brands to join…
Niagara Textiles
Country: Bangladesh
Issues: Health & Safety Violations, Wage Theft, Wrongful Termination
The WRC investigated and, with the assistance of New Wave Group and Cutter & Buck, secured corrective actions to address two vehicular accidents involving factory workers in 2021 (a crash of a company-provided bus while transporting workers to the factory) and 2022 (a truck accident on the factory premises), which resulted in the death of one…
New WRC Report: Reinstatement, Back Pay, and Safety Improvements at Collegiate Supplier
Country: Bangladesh
Issues: Health & Safety Violations, Wage Theft, Wrongful Termination
To: WRC Affiliate Universities and Colleges From: Manodeep Guha and Ben Hensler Date: June 15, 2023 Re: Reinstatement, Back Pay, and Safety Improvements at Collegiate Supplier The WRC investigated and, with the assistance of New Wave Group and Cutter & Buck, secured corrective actions to address two vehicular accidents involving factory workers in 2021 (a crash…
A Decade After the Rana Plaza Collapse, Garment Workers Are Still Exploited
Country: Bangladesh, Pakistan
Issues: Health & Safety Violations, Safety Accords
4 Firefighters Perish Following Pakistan Factory Fire
Country: Pakistan
Issues: Health & Safety Violations, Safety Accords
The Lesson of Rana Plaza: Corporate Self-Regulation Is a Formula for Disaster
Country: Bangladesh, Pakistan
Issues: Health & Safety Violations, Safety Accords
The Rana Plaza factory collapse killed 1,138 workers, more than any other manufacturing disaster in human history. These deaths, and the injuries to 2,500 others on April 24, 2013, were the culmination of more than a decade of mass fatality incidents in Bangladesh’s garment industry—most of them in factories producing for leading fashion brands and…