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To: WRC Affiliate Universities and Colleges From: Scott Nova Date: September 25, 2023 Re: After Pocketing Workers’ Wages, Nike Supplier Paid Shareholders a Bonus I write to update you on the case of Hong Seng Knitting, the Thai factory that produced collegiate apparel for Nike and deprived thousands of workers of wages they were legally…
Read More2023 WRC affiliate universities have continued to engage with Nike on this case. However, Nike’s position remains unchanged. It continues to ignore overwhelming evidence of worker coercion reported by the WRC, asserting that thousands of workers at Hong Seng voluntarily chose to forgo wages that they were legally owed. In support of its position, Nike…
Read MoreAfter identifying labor rights violations at the Estofel facility, the WRC worked jointly with the University of Washington and the FLA to achieve significant remediation. When the factory closed in November 2007, management failed to pay workers a large portion of the severance and other terminal compensation owed to them by law.
Read MoreStyle Avenue was found to have multiple and repeated labor rights violations, including forced overtime, illegal terminations, verbal abuse by management, failure to respect freedom of association, locking workers in the factory, excessive heat, and unsanitary conditions.
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