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Final Back Pay Distribution at Style Avenue

Country: El Salvador
Issues: Wage Theft

To: WRC Affiliate Universities and Colleges From: Scott Nova, Tara Mathur, Ben Hensler Date: March 18, 2025 Re: Final Back Pay Distribution at Style Avenue We are pleased to report that the final installment of funds provided by Outerstuff has been delivered to the employees of Style Avenue in El Salvador. On average, workers have…

Stretchline Central America

Country: Honduras
Issues: Wage Theft

In 2024, Stretchline Central America, located in Honduras, announced its upcoming closure and informed its workers that they would not receive full payment of their severance and other terminal benefits. The WRC engaged the factory’s owners, pressing them to honor their legal obligations, and, in response, the company reversed course and agreed to pay the…

Specialized says it donated $44,000 to unpaid factory workers. Did it?

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Issues: Wage Theft

FLA Report on Hong Seng (Nike)

Country: Thailand
Issues: Covid-19, Wage Theft

December 17, 2024 Dear Colleagues, The Fair Labor Association (FLA) has issued a report on Hong Seng, the collegiate supplier factory in Thailand that forced workers to give up mandatory leave pay in clear violation of university standards. Nike has insisted that these workers gave up their pay voluntarily and has refused to ask the factory…

South China Headwear (Shenzhen) Co. Limited

Country: China
Issues: Health & Safety Violations, Overtime Violations, Statutory Benefit Violations, Wage and hour violations, Wage Theft

In 2024, the WRC conducted its investigation of the factory after being informed by the licensee, Vantage Apparel, that an audit conducted under the Sedex 4 program by the auditing company, LRQA, found that South China Headwear had remedied the violations the WRC had previously identified, including the factory’s previous failure to provide workers a…