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Nike Shareholders Vote No on Labor Rights Proposal

Country: Cambodia, Thailand
Issues: Covid-19, Gender-based Violence and Discrimination, Health & Safety Violations, Safety Accords, Wage Theft

US Olympic team sponsor caught in clothes factory ‘abuse’ scandal

Country: Jordan
Issues: Abuse and Harassment, Forced Labor, Gender-based Violence and Discrimination

Sun Shui Shing Industrial (Cambodia)

Country: Cambodia
Issues: Freedom of Association Violations, Gender-based Violence and Discrimination

The WRC’s investigation found that, immediately after workers established an independent union at the factory to address complaints of forced overtime and verbal abuse, the factory management launched an intense campaign of illegal retaliation that included: suspensions and firings of five worker leaders and activists; gender-based threats of violence against these workers; and threats of…

Successful Remediation of Mass Firing, Violent Threats at Collegiate Factory in Cambodia

Country: Cambodia
Issues: Freedom of Association Violations, Gender-based Violence and Discrimination

To: WRC Affiliate Universities and Colleges From: Bent Gehrt and Ben Hensler Date: March 28, 2024 Re: Successful Remediation of Mass Firing, Violent Threats at Collegiate Factory in Cambodia Please find here a new report on the WRC’s investigation and successful remediation of violent threats, mass firing, and other retaliation against worker leaders at the…

Holding Taiwan’s transnational corporations to account

Country: Lesotho
Issues: Gender-based Violence and Discrimination

Collective Action to End Gender-Based Violence and Harassment

Country: India, Lesotho
Issues: Gender-based Violence and Discrimination

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

New Report: Remediation of Sexual Harassment and Retaliation at Mazava Hispaniola (Haiti)

Country: Haiti
Issues: Gender-based Violence and Discrimination

To: WRC Affiliate Universities and Colleges From: Tara Mathur and Ben Hensler Date: November 16, 2023 Re: New Report: Remediation of Sexual Harassment and Retaliation at Mazava Hispaniola (Haiti) Please find here a new report detailing the investigation and remediation by the WRC of sexual harassment of women workers—as well as the retaliatory firing of…

Mazava Hispaniola

Country: Haiti
Issues: Gender-based Violence and Discrimination

An investigation by the WRC found violations of sexual harassment against at least two women workers, and subsequent retaliation against these workers for resisting the abuse at Mazava Hispaniola, a Haitian garment factory owned by the Hong Kong-based Winds Group. The WRC’s investigation found that a factory manager committed gender-based violence and harassment by sexually…

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