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Campaigners accuse ASICS over jailed worker
Published: July 4, 2024
Wing Star Shoes
Published: July 2, 2024
The WRC’s investigation uncovered severe retaliatory actions against workers who formed an independent union. After establishing the union to address grievances, factory management took the following unlawful actions: ASICS allowed these actions to proceed unchecked, resulting in a significant violation of workers’ right to freedom of association. Despite the gravity of these offenses, ASICS failed…
Remediation of Illegal Firing and Discrimination at Lululemon Collegiate Supplier in Cambodia
Published: May 6, 2024
To: WRC Affiliate Universities and Colleges From: Bent Gehrt and Rola Abimourched Date: May 6, 2024 Re: Remediation of Illegal Firing and Discrimination at Lululemon Collegiate Supplier in Cambodia Please find here a new report on the WRC’s investigation and successful remediation of labor rights violations at the Quantum Apparel factory in Phnom Penh, Cambodia….
Quantum Apparel (Cambodia)
Published: May 6, 2024
The WRC’s investigation found that, immediately after workers established an independent union at the factory to address complaints concerning the factory’s misuse of short-term contracts, factory management retaliated against the worker union leaders by taking the following unlawful actions: The collegiate licensee, Lululemon cooperated with the WRC’s investigation and engaged with factory management to ensure…
Sun Shui Shing Industrial (Cambodia)
Published: March 28, 2024
The WRC’s investigation found that, immediately after workers established an independent union at the factory to address complaints of forced overtime and verbal abuse, the factory management launched an intense campaign of illegal retaliation that included: suspensions and firings of five worker leaders and activists; gender-based threats of violence against these workers; and threats of…
Successful Remediation of Mass Firing, Violent Threats at Collegiate Factory in Cambodia
Published: March 28, 2024
To: WRC Affiliate Universities and Colleges From: Bent Gehrt and Ben Hensler Date: March 28, 2024 Re: Successful Remediation of Mass Firing, Violent Threats at Collegiate Factory in Cambodia Please find here a new report on the WRC’s investigation and successful remediation of violent threats, mass firing, and other retaliation against worker leaders at the…
Concerns remain despite Adidas supplier remediating Cambodia workers
Published: February 9, 2024
Adidas supplier reinstates sacked workers
Published: February 8, 2024
Trax Apparel
Published: February 6, 2024
The WRC identified multiple violations of Cambodian law and university labor standards at Trax Apparel, a collegiate supplier to adidas, including the illegal firing of eight workers in retaliation for forming a union to seek better working conditions. Initially, management reinstated four of the eight leaders, however, with only partial back pay and subjected them…
ASICS Allowed Cambodian Supplier Factory to Have Worker Jailed for Months, Sentenced to One Year in Prison in Retaliation for Forming Union
Published: July 2, 2024
In recent years, the Cambodian government has intensified its crackdown on workers’ right to freedom of association by colluding with factory employers to repress workers’ efforts to form independent unions. This collusion has implicated international apparel and footwear brands in serious human rights violations when their supplier factories have caused worker leaders to be jailed…