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Central Java, Indonesia; Washington, D.C. (March 12, 2025) – After years of enduring gender-based violence and harassment (GBVH), courageous women workers in two garment factories have secured a groundbreaking, union-led gender justice agreement, signed in July 2024: the Central Java Agreement for Gender Justice. These factories are owned by the firm Ontide, which was recently…
Read MoreFebruary 26, 2025 Dear University Colleagues, Please see here a WRC memo on a groundbreaking agreement at collegiate factories in Indonesia. The factories supply Fanatics with collegiate goods under both the Fanatics brand and, under license, the Nike brand. We look forward to discussing this agreement and other topics with you at the Annual Meeting of the…
Read MorePT Semarang Garment Indonesia is owned by the Korea-based firm Ontide. Fanatics sources both its own products and, under license, Nike-branded apparel from the factories—including university licensed apparel. The WRC has worked extensively on the remediation of gender-based violence and harassment documented at this factory and at PT Batang Apparel Indonesia, also owned by Ontide.…
Read MorePT Batang Apparel Indonesia is owned by the Korea-based firm Ontide. Fanatics sources both its own products and, under license, Nike-branded apparel from the factories—including university licensed apparel. The WRC has worked extensively on the remediation of gender-based violence and harassment documented at this factory and at PT Semarang Garment Indonesia, also owned by Ontide.…
Read MoreAngajman WRC te pran ak gwo magazen ki vann rad nan peyi Etazini te garanti re-anbochman ak peman salè konplè pou 9 travayè ke yon faktori rad nan vil Pòtoprens, nan peyi Ayiti te revoke ant ane 2022 ak 2023. Yo te revoke travayè sa yo paske yo te dirije oswa patisipe nan yon manifestasyon…
Read MoreMarch 11, 2025 Dear Colleagues, We are looking forward to seeing many of you April 22 at the Annual Meeting of the WRC University Caucus, which will be held in Washington, DC. The meeting will run from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30p.m., with breakfast available at 8:30 a.m. If you haven’t already let us know if…
Read MoreThe WRC investigated reports of severe repression of workers’ freedom of association—including mass firings and arrests, threatened and actual violence, wage theft, and blacklisting against 400 workers at Levi’s supplier factory in Türkiye. The WRC found that Özak Global (in some instances in collaboration with both the local militarized forces and a company-favored union), committed,…
Read MoreScott Nova, Executive Director of the Worker Rights Consortium, presented testimony to the Congressional-Executive Commission on China’s April 30, 2024, hearing: “WRC Testimony for Hearing on Factories and Fraud: How Human Rights Violations Make Reliable Audits Impossible.” This testimony includes recommendations related to audit methodological standards and recommends that Congress hold hearings in which it asks…
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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…
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