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Tariff Turmoil: Will Fashion Brands Step Up or Will They Step on Workers?
Brands face calls to refrain from pushing the costs of tariffs onto suppliers. Workers’ rights and livelihoods are at risk if brands fail to act responsibly now.
Nike Supplier Reported a Migrant Worker to the Thai Police. His Crime? Criticizing the Factory’s Labor Practices
The worker had to flee the country with his infant child. A Nike-supported group says the supplier’s retaliation was “unacceptable.” But Nike and its supplier refuse to pay the worker fair compensation.
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WRC Advances Workers’ Rights on Global Stages: OECD Forum on Due Diligence in the Garment and Footwear Sector and United Nations Commission on the Status of Women 2025 Highlights
OECD Forum on Due Diligence in the Garment and Footwear Sector The WRC shared our analysis and experience from the field at three side events during the 2025 OECD Forum. These discussions addressed due diligence, the realities of state-imposed forced labor, and the power of binding agreements in protecting worker rights. Recordings for two of…
From Fear to Power: How Indonesian Women Workers Won Binding Commitments for Change
After organizing against gender-based violence and harassment on the factory floor, courageous women workers in Central Java, Indonesia, have negotiated a groundbreaking agreement to implement a union-led gender justice program. Signed in July 2024, the Central Java Agreement for Gender Justice represents a major victory for workers at two garment factories operated by the Korean…
WRC Engagement with Major US Brands Wins Reinstatement, 2+ Years Back Pay for Haitian Workers Fired for Protesting Poverty Wages
The WRC’s engagement with top US retailers has secured reinstatement with full back pay for nine workers who were fired in 2022 and 2023 from a garment factory in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, for leading or joining protests against poverty wages. Haitian garment workers, who are among the lowest-paid workers in the world, struggle to survive amidst…
WRC Engagement with US Workwear Company Leads to Full Compensation for Haitian Workers
When the garment factory Haiti Premier Apparel closed in April 2023, roughly 100 of its former workers in that country did not receive their legally required severance. However, thanks to a contribution from the US workwear company Careismatic Brands, which is a former buyer from the factory, the workers will now be paid in full….