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Under Armour and Columbia ‘forced labour’ investigation launched by US

Published: April 24, 2024

US authorities are investigating whether workers in “forced labour” have been making clothes for Under Armour, Columbia and American Eagle, i has learned.

The three global brands could have their imports from Jordan seized and even destroyed if US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) finds evidence of workers being abused at one of their major suppliers in the country.

The senior US congresswoman Jan Schakowsky has welcomed the agency’s investigation into the “extremely serious” claims of exploitation, which could even lead to fashion executives facing criminal prosecution.

Vega Textile 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…