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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…
Successful remediation of illegal termination at Gear for Sports supplier
Country: El Salvador
Issues: Freedom of Association Violations, Wrongful Termination
To: WRC Affiliate Universities and Colleges From: Tara Mathur and Scott Nova Date: September 16, 2024 Re: Successful remediation of illegal termination at Gear for Sports supplier We write to provide you with a new factory report, documenting remediation of labor rights violations at a collegiate factory in El Salvador. The WRC frequently documents violations of…
Style Avenue S.A.
Country: El Salvador
Issues: Abuse and Harassment, Freedom of Association Violations, Health & Safety Violations, Overtime Violations, Statutory Benefit Violations, Wage Theft, Wrongful Termination
Style Avenue was found to have multiple and 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.
Everest Apparel
Country: Ethiopia
Issues: Abuse and Harassment, Freedom of Association Violations, Health & Safety Violations, Overtime Violations, Statutory Benefit Violations, Wage and hour violations, Wage Theft
The WRC documented several serious labor rights violations at Everest Apparel, a factory located in Ethiopia. These included: unlawful wage deductions, failure to provide a weekly rest day, mandatory overtime, verbal abuse, restrictions on paid statutory leave, suppression of workers’ right to freedom of association, and unsafe factory temperatures. The WRC shared our findings and…
Country Update and Two Collegiate Case Updates
Country: Bangladesh, El Salvador, Ethiopia
Issues: Abuse and Harassment, Freedom of Association Violations, Living Wage, Statutory Benefit Violations, Wage Theft
September 6, 2024 Dear Colleagues, As the school year kicks off, I am writing to provide updates on several items we reported on over the summer. At Style Avenue, the collegiate factory in El Salvador that closed without paying workers $1.8 million in legally mandated compensation, we completed the distribution of $1.2 million to workers, using…
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…