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Collegiate Supplier to Pay Back Wages to 80,000 Workers
Published: February 2, 2022
February 2, 2022 Dear Colleagues, We are writing to inform you of a major breakthrough in the WRC’s efforts to address the refusal of suppliers across a major apparel producing region of India to pay the legal minimum wage, a violation that, as we have communicated to you previously, is affecting 400,000 workers, who are…
AAFA urges factories to pay garment workers
Published: January 28, 2022
Update: Mass Wage Theft in India
Published: January 14, 2022
January 13, 2022 Dear Colleagues, As we reported to you in October and December, the WRC is working to address the refusal of suppliers across a major apparel producing region of India to pay the legal minimum wage—including an important supplier of collegiate goods to Columbia Sportswear. Roughly 400,000 workers are affected. As of today,…
India Wage Theft ‘Worst’ Fashion Has Seen
Published: January 7, 2022
‘Worst fashion wage theft’: workers go hungry as Indian suppliers to top UK brands refuse to pay minimum wage
Published: December 16, 2021
Indian garment workers ‘denied minimum wage
Published: December 16, 2021
Update on Massive Minimum Wage Violation in Karnataka, India
Published: December 2, 2021
To: WRC Affiliate Universities and Colleges From: Scott Nova and Ben Hensler Date: December 2, 2021 Re: Update on Massive Minimum Wage Violation in Karnataka, India This is an update on the massive wage theft that the WRC has identified in India by factories supplying at least one significant university licensee—Columbia Sportswear—and many other leading…
Sweeping Minimum Wage Violations in Karnataka, India
Published: October 14, 2021
To: WRC Affiliate Universities and Colleges From: Scott Nova and Ben Hensler Date: October 14, 2021 Re: Sweeping Minimum Wage Violations in Karnataka, India The WRC has identified a case of systemic wage theft in India, involving at least one significant university licensee—Columbia Sportswear—and many other leading apparel brands. We are engaging with brands to seek…
Shahi Exports Unit 8
Published: July 8, 2021
An investigation by the WRC found that the management of Shahi Exports Pvt. Ltd.’s (Shahi) Unit 8 factory (Bangalore, India) carried out a campaign of vicious repression and retaliation against workers’ exercise of fundamental labor rights.
Brands Guilty of ‘Straight-Out Robbery’ as Covid-Hit Garment Workers Risk ‘Unbearable’ Debt: Report
Published: June 23, 2021