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Hansae Haiti
Published: March 6, 2025
In 2025, the WRC’s engagement with buyers secured reinstatement with full back pay for nine workers who were fired in 2022 and 2023 from Hansae Haiti, a garment factory located in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The workers were fired for leading or joining protests against poverty wages and their dismissals represented a violation of workers’ right to…
Angajman ke WRC te pran ak gwo mak rad nan peyi Etazini te mennen a re-anbochman, epi peman plis pase 2 an salè a plizyè travayè Ayisyen ke yon faktori te revoke paske travayè yo tap pwoteste kont salè povrete nan peyi Ayiti.
Published: March 6, 2025
Angajman 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…
Horizon Manufacturing
Published: February 27, 2024
The Horizon Manufacturing garment factory, located in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, shut down operations in April 2022. At the time of the closure, the factory owner failed to pay the factory’s 532 employees more than $300,000 they were owed in terminal benefits as required by Haitian law. The violations by factory owners were remedied when factory buyers…
WRC Secures Five Months’ Wages in Unpaid Severance for Workers of Former Workwear Factory in Haiti
Published: February 27, 2024
This past holiday season, former workers of Horizon Manufacturing, a garment factory in Haiti that made work uniforms for export to the United States, received more than $300,000 to correct nonpayment of severance they had been owed by the facility owner, since the factory closed in April 2022. Top workwear companies, Edwards Garment and Aramark…
Premium Apparel
Published: January 24, 2024
In November 2023, Premium Apparel closed operations and failed to pay its workers severance and other terminal benefits. The primary buyer, Gildan (which also sourced blanks for the university licensee New Agenda), promptly committed to make full payment of the workers’ severance. Gildan’s contribution of approximately $700,000 was distributed to workers in January 2024.
Gildan Pays $700,000 to Cover Collegiate Supplier’s Arrears to Workers
Published: January 24, 2024
To: WRC Affiliate Universities and Colleges From: Scott Nova Date: January 24, 2024 Re: Gildan Pays $700,000 to Cover Collegiate Supplier’s Arrears to Workers I am writing to report on a new case, involving unpaid severance at a factory in Haiti that closed recently, after having made university logo goods for many years. Premium Apparel…
New Report: Remediation of Sexual Harassment and Retaliation at Mazava Hispaniola (Haiti)
Published: November 16, 2023
To: WRC Affiliate Universities and Colleges From: Tara Mathur and Ben Hensler Date: November 16, 2023 Re: New Report: Remediation of Sexual Harassment and Retaliation at Mazava Hispaniola (Haiti) Please find here a new report detailing the investigation and remediation by the WRC of sexual harassment of women workers—as well as the retaliatory firing of…
Mazava Hispaniola
Published: November 16, 2023
An investigation by the WRC found violations of sexual harassment against at least two women workers, and subsequent retaliation against these workers for resisting the abuse at Mazava Hispaniola, a Haitian garment factory owned by the Hong Kong-based Winds Group. The WRC’s investigation found that a factory manager committed gender-based violence and harassment by sexually…
Palm Apparel
Published: July 14, 2023
In 2020–2021, the WRC investigated the chronic failure of Haitian garment factories to make legally required contributions to the country’s public healthcare and pension systems. This failure contributed to the avoidable deaths of two workers that occurred after each of them was unable to access lifesaving medical treatment. The WRC’s investigation found that the factories…
WRC Engagement with Major US Brands Wins Reinstatement, 2+ Years Back Pay for Haitian Workers Fired for Protesting Poverty Wages
Published: March 6, 2025
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…