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8 Years After the Rana Plaza Disaster, We Still Aren’t Doing Enough to Protect Garment Workers
Published: April 19, 2021
Poshak Knitwears Ltd.
Published: April 6, 2021
The apparel industry’s chronically low wages left most garment workers with no savings on the eve of the Covid-19 crisis. Since most governments in apparel exporting countries provide little or no unemployment benefits, the only thing standing between an out-of-work garment worker and immediate poverty for her family are the legally mandated severance benefits that…
Glory Industries Ltd.
Published: April 6, 2021
The apparel industry’s chronically low wages left most garment workers with no savings on the eve of the Covid-19 crisis. Since most governments in apparel exporting countries provide little or no unemployment benefits, the only thing standing between an out-of-work garment worker and immediate poverty for her family are the legally mandated severance benefits that…
Fountain Garments Manufacturing Ltd.
Published: April 6, 2021
The apparel industry’s chronically low wages left most garment workers with no savings on the eve of the Covid-19 crisis. Since most governments in apparel exporting countries provide little or no unemployment benefits, the only thing standing between an out-of-work garment worker and immediate poverty for her family are the legally mandated severance benefits that…
Dragon Sweater Ltd.
Published: April 6, 2021
Dragon Sweater Ltd., a supplier to Lidl, New Yorker, and Woolworths, fired at least 500 workers—about half its workforce—in March 2020 and failed to pay them an estimated $133,200 in severance. In all, workers received barely a fifth of what they were legally owed. Since the closure, Dragon Group, which owned the factory, has continuously…
Diganta Sweaters Ltd.
Published: April 6, 2021
The apparel industry’s chronically low wages left most garment workers with no savings on the eve of the Covid-19 crisis. Since most governments in apparel exporting countries provide little or no unemployment benefits, the only thing standing between an out-of-work garment worker and immediate poverty for her family are the legally mandated severance benefits that…
A-One BD Ltd.
Published: April 6, 2021
A-One BD Ltd., an Italian-owned supplier to Benetton and Next, located in the Dhaka Export Processing Zone, closed in April 2020 leaving 1,400 workers unemployed. For the first three months of 2020, the factory did not pay workers’ wages. After protesting, they received payment for only two of the three months. In addition, after A-One…
Case Brief: Uni Gears Ltd. (Bangladesh)
Published: March 1, 2021
To: WRC Affiliate Universities and Colleges From: Laura Gutierrez and Ben Hensler Date: March 1, 2021 Re: Case Brief: Uni Gears Ltd. (Bangladesh) After extensive engagement with the university licensee, Outerstuff, the WRC has secured commitments from Outerstuff and its supplier factory in Bangladesh, Uni Gears Ltd., to comply with university codes of conduct by…
After Tazreen Fashions and Rana Plaza, Covid-19 once again exposes the human cost of fast fashion
Published: February 26, 2021
Bangladesh factories face smaller, less profitable orders this Christmas
Published: December 17, 2020