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Forced labour risks increase for garment workers

Country: Ethiopia, Honduras, India, Myanmar
Issues: Covid-19, Forced Labor

Research spotlights forced labour concerns

Country: Ethiopia, Honduras, India, Myanmar
Issues: Covid-19, Forced Labor

Risk of forced labour in clothing industry rises due to pandemic and industry response

Country: Ethiopia, Honduras, India, Myanmar
Issues: Covid-19, Forced Labor

Garment Workers Face Mounting Forced Labor Risks

Country: Ethiopia, Honduras, India, Myanmar
Issues: Covid-19, Forced Labor

1000+ Interviews Reveal Destructive Brand Practices Contributed to Unpaid Earnings, Threats and Abuse, Skyrocketing Debt, and a Dangerous Lack of PPE New research by the University of Sheffield and the Worker Rights Consortium finds that declining income and working conditions for workers in garment supply chains amid the Covid-19 pandemic has increased workers’ vulnerability to…

Hanging by a thread

Country: Ethiopia, Honduras, India, Myanmar
Issues: Covid-19, Forced Labor

$1.3 Million Wage Theft from Salvadoran Workers Who Made Disney/ABC-licensed Grey’s Anatomy Scrubs for Barco Uniforms

Country: El Salvador
Issues: Covid-19, Wage Theft

One year after the factory closed, workers are still owed an estimated $1.3 million The Industrias Florenzi factory in San Salvador, El Salvador, dismissed its 210 workers in the first half of 2020, finally ceasing operations in July. One year later, however, workers still have not been paid the $1.3 million in terminal compensation which…

Weakening Legal Protections for Garment Workers in Asia

Country: Cambodia, India, Indonesia
Issues: Covid-19, Freedom of Association Violations, Living Wage, Wage and hour violations, Workplace Health and Safety

May 27, 2021 Dear colleagues, Over the past year, the WRC has tracked a disturbing trend: as their populations faced the ravages of Covid, the governments of several garment-producing countries in Asia acted to strip away and undermine worker protections, a move often framed as a way to attract new investment. In Indonesia and India,…