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Annual Meeting of the University Caucus of the Worker Rights Consortium Georgetown UniversityWashington, DC Please join us Tuesday, April 22, 2025, in Washington, DC, for the Annual Meeting of the University Caucus of the WRC. We hope you will be able to participate in this annual opportunity to discuss the latest developments in worker rights…
Read More2024 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 MoreDecember 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…
Read MoreIndustrial Hana, a garment factory in Guatemala, permanently closed operations in October 2023, failing to pay legally required severance to approximately 250 employees. The factory produced garments, under subcontracting relationships with other local manufacturers, for Lucky Brand (owned by Authentic, SPARC, and Shein), American Eagle Outfitters, and Puma. The WRC engaged with factory buyers and,…
Read More2024 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…
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Una fábrica que producía para Lucky Brand, propiedad de Authentic y Shein, les ha robado US$1.5 millones a sus extrabajadoras(es) guatemaltecas
Como el WRC informó anteriormente, la fábrica de ropa Industrial Hana en Guatemala cerró sus operaciones en octubre de 2023, sin pagarles a aproximadamente 250 trabajadoras US$1.5 millones correspondientes a indemnizaciones y otras prestaciones que se les deben según la ley guatemalteca. La investigación del WRC encontró que, en los meses anteriores al cierre de…
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