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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 university licensee 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…
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
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
New Report: Remediation of Sexual Harassment and Retaliation at Centexsa (Guatemala)
Country: Guatemala
Issues: Abuse and Harassment, Gender-based Violence and Discrimination, Health & Safety Violations
To: WRC Affiliate Universities and Colleges From: Tara Mathur, Ben Hensler, and Scott Nova Date: January 25, 2023 Re: New Report: Remediation of Sexual Harassment and Retaliation at Centexsa (Guatemala) Please find here a new report from the WRC concerning our investigation and the remediation of physical and verbal sexual harassment and retaliatory suspension and…
Eight Important Moments in Responsible Fashion This Year
Country: Global
Issues: Freedom of Association Violations, Health & Safety Violations, Safety Accords, Wage Theft
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…