Style Avenue S.A.

In multiple investigations by the WRC, during the years of its operation, Style Avenue was found to have repeated labor rights violations, including forced overtime, illegal terminations, verbal abuse by management, failure to respect freedom of association, locking workers in the factory, excessive heat, and unsanitary conditions.

In 2023, the factory permanently closed operations, failing to pay its 244 workers approximately $1.8 million in wages, benefits, and terminal compensation. In the months leading up to the factory’s closure, the factory’s primary buyer was Outerstuff, for which the factory manufactured collegiate licensed children’s apparel and non-collegiate licensed children’s apparel that was co-branded with Disney, the National Basketball Association, and the National Football League.

The WRC engaged with Outerstuff, which agreed to remedy the violations by paying US$1.8 million to the factory’s workers, representing 100 percent of the funds they were legally owed at the time of the closure.

Read More:

• Case Update: Style Avenue Workers Receive $1.2 Million, with Remainder to Follow (El Salvador) – September 6, 2024
• Update: Outerstuff Commits to Full Remediation at Style Avenue – March 12, 2024
• Case Update: Outerstuff/Style Avenue – February 8, 2024
• Severance and Wage Theft from Workers at Style Ave (El Salvador) – December 12, 2023
• Remediation of Wage Violations at Style Avenue (El Salvador) – August 24, 2015
• WRC Update: Style Avenue (El Salvador) – July 6, 2012
• NGO Report on Style Avenue Factory – October 13, 2011

In the News:

• “Organizaciones piden exención de impuestos para fondos de ayuda a trabajadores despedidos de maquilas en El Salvador” El Urbano – May 16, 2024
• “Garment workers have lost out on $4bn of severance pay, says rights group,” The Guardian – February 5, 2024
• “Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights: Dallas Cowboys and Ohio State Caught in Sweatshop Scandal,” PR Newswire – October 13, 2011

Related Links:

• “Dressing Babies in Sweatshop Clothing: Dallas Cowboys, Ohio State and a Creepy Business; Style Avenue in El Salvador,” Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights – October 1, 2011
• “Research Report: Style Avenue Factory Case,” The Independent Monitoring Group of El Salvador (GMIES) – November 1, 2011
• Fair Labor Association Summary Report – July 13, 2015
• Fair Labor Association Summary Report – August 4, 2015
• Fair Labor Association Summary Report – July 5, 2017