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Unique Garments International Ltd.
Country: Swaziland
Issues: Freedom of Association Violations, Precarious Work, Statutory Benefit Violations
The WRC undertook an Assessment of labor practices at Unique Garments in response to a complaint made on behalf of workers by the Swaziland Manufacturing and Allied Workers Union (SMAWU). The complaint alleged violations of worker rights primarily in the areas of freedom of association and improper use of temporary and contract employee status.
PT Dae Joo Leports
Country: Indonesia
Issues: Abuse and Harassment, Freedom of Association Violations, Health & Safety Violations, Overtime Violations, Precarious Work, Statutory Benefit Violations, Wage Theft, Wrongful Termination
The International Labor Organization (ILO), in a 1998 publication, noted that “hours of work, overtime and wages, occupational health and safety, leave, provision of food and transport, social security and the special needs of women workers,” in addition to inadequate access to health care and restricted associational rights, are problems characteristic of export processing zones. In Indonesia’s export processing zones, and in the KBN’s North Jakarta branches in particular, some of these problems are starkly visible.