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Premium Apparel
Country: Haiti
Issues: Abuse and Harassment, Freedom of Association Violations, Wage Theft
In November 2023, Premium Apparel closed operations and failed to pay its workers severance and other terminal benefits. The primary buyer, Gildan (which also sourced blanks for the university licensee New Agenda), promptly committed to make full payment of the workers’ severance. Gildan’s contribution of approximately $700,000 was distributed to workers in January 2024.
‘A heightened atmosphere of fear’: Bangladeshi garment workers’ fight for fair pay isn’t over
Country: Bangladesh
Issues: Abuse and Harassment, Freedom of Association Violations, Living Wage, Minimum Wage
Bangladesh Unions Say Garment Workers Are Being Fired for Protesting
Country: Bangladesh
Issues: Freedom of Association Violations, Living Wage, Minimum Wage, Wrongful Termination
Factories producing GW clothing improve working conditions, per report
Country: Global
Issues: Freedom of Association Violations, Gender-based Violence and Discrimination, Health & Safety Violations, Statutory Benefit Violations, Wage Theft
Broken threads: 5 things to know about troubled college clothing industry
Country: Global
Issues: Abuse and Harassment, Covid-19, Forced Labor, Freedom of Association Violations, Gender-based Violence and Discrimination, Living Wage, Wage Theft
Garment Worker Allegedly Shot Dead by Bangladeshi Police as Wage Protests Escalate
Country: Bangladesh
Issues: Abuse and Harassment, Freedom of Association Violations, Violence Against Workers
Broken threads: College clothing made in factories rife with labor violations, poverty wages
Country: Global
Issues: Abuse and Harassment, Covid-19, Freedom of Association Violations, Gender-based Violence and Discrimination, LGBTQ, Living Wage, Safety Accords, Wage and hour violations, Wage Theft, Workplace Health and Safety
Thai Garment Export 1/3
Country: Thailand
Issues: Freedom of Association Violations, Gender-based Violence and Discrimination, Wage Theft
2020–2023 Unpaid Severance Buyers: Peter Millar, L.L Bean, Burberry At the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, the WRC found that Thai Garment Exports’ dismissal of 43 Burmese migrant workers did not comply with Thai law regarding severance rights. In response, 28 of the terminated workers brought a claim for unpaid severance in the…
WRC Secures Rehiring and a Year of Back Pay for 83 Illegally Fired Workers in Haiti
Country: Haiti
Issues: Freedom of Association Violations, Wage Theft
To: WRC Affiliate Universities and Colleges From: Tara Mathur and Ben Hensler Date: July 14, 2023 Re: WRC Secures Rehiring and a Year of Back Pay for 83 Illegally Fired Workers in Haiti The WRC has secured one year’s back pay and rehiring for 83 workers who were illegally fired, then blacklisted, by two garment…
Disastrous Outcome on Wages Made Worse by the Price Workers Are Paying for Speaking Out
Country: Bangladesh
Issues: Abuse and Harassment, Freedom of Association Violations, Living Wage, Minimum Wage
Brands are facing final calls to use their leverage to influence the wage outcome: brands should reject the wage proposal and publicly commit to increase prices to support a wage of US$215 per month during the official 14-day period for submission of objections, which ends November 26.
Garment workers are encountering systematic punishment and retaliation, including violence, arrests, terminations, and killings…