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Jasper
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Issues: Freedom of Association Violations
Following the 2022 closure of the Hanesbrands Incorporated (HBI)-owned factory in Honduras, known as Jasper, workers alleged, and the WRC confirmed, that HBI illegally blacklisted employees who were elected union leaders at Jasper. The blacklisting was discrimination against the worker leaders, who were denied opportunities for rehiring at another nearby HBI-owned facility. The WRC engaged…
Blacklisting of Workers from Former Hanesbrands Collegiate Factory (Honduras)
Country: Honduras
Issues: Freedom of Association Violations
To: WRC Affiliate Universities and Colleges From: Tara Mathur and Ben Hensler Date: January 13, 2025 Re: Blacklisting of Workers from Former Hanesbrands Collegiate Factory (Honduras) Please see here a report concerning the WRC’s investigation and remediation of violations of university codes of conduct affecting former workers of the Jasper factory in Honduras, a now-closed…
Five ways fashion needs to step up on sustainability in 2025
Country: Global
Issues: Freedom of Association Violations, Workplace Health and Safety
Labor Groups Urge Japanese Retailer to Drop Lawsuit Against Myanmar Unionist
Country: Myanmar
Issues: Freedom of Association Violations
Inditex Drops Potential Turkish Supplier Over Alleged Workers’ Rights Abuses
Country: Türkiye
Issues: Freedom of Association Violations
Asics Said It Helped Remedy Labor Abuse in Cambodia. Activists Disagree.
Country: Cambodia
Issues: Freedom of Association Violations
Asics, Muji urged to act on jailed worker
Country: Cambodia
Issues: Freedom of Association Violations
Wing Star Shoes
Country: Cambodia
Issues: Freedom of Association Violations
The WRC’s investigation uncovered severe retaliatory actions against workers who formed an independent union. After establishing the union to address grievances, factory management took the following unlawful actions: Mr. Chan was held in prison until August 19, 2024, the same day that the appeal of his conviction was heard in court—at which point, the prosecutor…
Grupo Merlet
Country: El Salvador
Issues: Freedom of Association Violations, Wrongful Termination
A WRC investigation found that Grupo Merlet, located in El Salvador, violated local law and university codes of conduct when it illegally fired a union leader who was protected from dismissal under Salvadoran law. Following the WRC’s investigation and recommended corrective actions, the company agreed to remedy the violations by providing back pay to the…
Cambodian Worker Leader Imprisoned on Factory’s False Charges Acquitted—ASICS, MUJI Fail to Require Supplier to Compensate Worker It Wrongly Accused
Country: Cambodia
Issues: Freedom of Association Violations
Wing Star Shoes in Cambodia, which supplies the Japanese brands, ASICS and MUJI, had its worker, Chea Chan, who is a leader of a recently formed independent union at its factory, jailed for more than 180 days, prosecuted on obviously false and retaliatory criminal charges, and sentenced to a year’s imprisonment—all while ASICS and MUJI…