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A Decade After the Rana Plaza Collapse, Garment Workers Are Still Exploited
Country: Bangladesh, Pakistan
Issues: Health & Safety Violations, Safety Accords
4 Firefighters Perish Following Pakistan Factory Fire
Country: Pakistan
Issues: Health & Safety Violations, Safety Accords
Fashion Brands Are Profiting From the Erosion of Workers’ Rights in Myanmar | Opinion
Country: Myanmar
Issues: Abuse and Harassment, Freedom of Association Violations, Gender-based Violence and Discrimination, Health & Safety Violations, Myanmar Coup, Wage and hour violations, Wage Theft
New Report: Remediation of Sexual Harassment and Retaliation at Centexsa (Guatemala)
Country: Guatemala
Issues: Abuse and Harassment, Gender-based Violence and Discrimination, Health & Safety Violations
To: WRC Affiliate Universities and Colleges From: Tara Mathur, Ben Hensler, and Scott Nova Date: January 25, 2023 Re: New Report: Remediation of Sexual Harassment and Retaliation at Centexsa (Guatemala) Please find here a new report from the WRC concerning our investigation and the remediation of physical and verbal sexual harassment and retaliatory suspension and…
Eight Important Moments in Responsible Fashion This Year
Country: Global
Issues: Freedom of Association Violations, Health & Safety Violations, Safety Accords, Wage Theft
International Safety Accord launches in Pakistan
Country: Pakistan
Issues: Health & Safety Violations, Safety Accords, Workplace Health and Safety
What Does the World Cup Have to Do With Garment Workers? Plenty.
Country: Bangladesh, Indonesia, Myanmar
Issues: Freedom of Association Violations, Health & Safety Violations, Safety Accords, Wage Theft
Fear, stigma and death in high-growth industry
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Issues: Health & Safety Violations
Mex Mode, S.A. de C.V. (formerly Kukdong International Mexico S.A. de C.V.)
Country: Mexico
Issues: Abuse and Harassment, Freedom of Association Violations, Health & Safety Violations, Statutory Benefit Violations, Wage Theft, Wrongful Termination
Kukdong workers filed complaints with the WRC in January 2001, following Kukdong’s alleged discharge of five workers who asserted several workplace grievances, and following Kukdong’s alleged failure to reinstate hundreds of workers who participated in a work stoppage protesting that discharge and other matters.
The Lesson of Rana Plaza: Corporate Self-Regulation Is a Formula for Disaster
Country: Bangladesh, Pakistan
Issues: Health & Safety Violations, Safety Accords
The Rana Plaza factory collapse killed 1,138 workers, more than any other manufacturing disaster in human history. These deaths, and the injuries to 2,500 others on April 24, 2013, were the culmination of more than a decade of mass fatality incidents in Bangladesh’s garment industry—most of them in factories producing for leading fashion brands and…