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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
Report: Major buyers failed to ensure workers’ wages amid pandemic
Country: Bangladesh
Issues: COVID-19, Wage Theft
‘Wage theft’ in Primark, Nike and H&M supply chain – report
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Issues: COVID-19, Wage Theft
Amazon workers are rising up around the world to say: enough
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Issues: COVID-19, Wage Theft
Global rights groups for TRIPS waiver to protect RMG workers from Covid-19
Country: Bangladesh
Issues: COVID-19, Health & Safety Violations, Wage Theft
Buyers Pulled Orders When Migrant Burmese Garment Workers Spoke Out in Defense of Their Rights, Now They Are Making Workers Whole
Country: Thailand
Issues: Migrant Worker Abuse, Wage and hour violations, Wage Theft
Despite the inclusion of nondiscrimination protections based on nationality in Thai labor law, Mae Sot is known as a black hole of labor abuse for the many Burmese migrant workers who produce apparel there. Burmese workers in Mae Sot face a range of workplace violations that often go unreported and uncorrected due to their status…
Kanlayani Factory
Country: Thailand
Issues: Wage Theft
Kanlayani, a small subcontractor located in Mae Sot, Thailand—a hot spot for labor rights violations—closed in October 2019 leaving 29 Burmese migrant workers unemployed. After extensive engagement by the WRC and other local and international organizations, the factory’s four buyers, Tesco, Starbucks, Disney, and NBC Universal stepped in and provided the workers with their legally…
$1.3 Million Wage Theft from Salvadoran Workers Who Made Disney and Grey’s Anatomy Scrubs
Country: El Salvador
Issues: COVID-19, Wage Theft
One year after the factory closed, workers are still owed an estimated $1.3 million The Industrias Florenzi factory in San Salvador, El Salvador, dismissed its 210 workers in the first half of 2020, finally ceasing operations in July. One year later, however, workers still have not been paid the $1.3 million in terminal compensation which…