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Stretchline Central America
Country: Honduras
Issues: Wage Theft
In 2024, Stretchline Central America, located in Honduras, announced its upcoming closure and informed its workers that they would not receive full payment of their severance and other terminal benefits. The WRC engaged the factory’s owners, pressing them to honor their legal obligations, and, in response, the company reversed course and agreed to pay the…
Specialized says it donated $44,000 to unpaid factory workers. Did it?
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Issues: Wage Theft
FLA Report on Hong Seng (Nike)
Country: Thailand
Issues: Covid-19, Wage Theft
December 17, 2024 Dear Colleagues, The Fair Labor Association (FLA) has issued a report on Hong Seng, the collegiate supplier factory in Thailand that forced workers to give up mandatory leave pay in clear violation of university standards. Nike has insisted that these workers gave up their pay voluntarily and has refused to ask the factory…
South China Headwear (Shenzhen) Co. Limited
Country: China
Issues: Health & Safety Violations, Overtime Violations, Statutory Benefit Violations, Wage and hour violations, Wage Theft
In 2024, the WRC conducted its investigation of the factory after being informed by the licensee, Vantage Apparel, that an audit conducted under the Sedex 4 program by the auditing company, LRQA, found that South China Headwear had remedied the violations the WRC had previously identified, including the factory’s previous failure to provide workers a…
Should Lucky Brand Be on the Hook for Severance at Subcontracted Factory?
Country: Guatemala
Issues: Wage Theft
Authentic, SPARC, Shein urged to remediate after factory closure
Country: Guatemala
Issues: Wage Theft
WRC accuses Shein over garment factory closure
Country: Guatemala
Issues: Wage Theft
Industrial Hana
Country: Guatemala
Issues: Wage Theft
Industrial Hana, a garment factory in Guatemala, permanently closed operations in October 2023, failing to pay legally required severance to approximately 250 employees. The factory produced garments, under subcontracting relationships with other local manufacturers, for Lucky Brand (owned by Authentic, SPARC, and Shein), American Eagle Outfitters, and Puma. The WRC engaged with factory buyers and,…
Una fábrica que producía para Lucky Brand, propiedad de Authentic y Shein, les ha robado US$1.5 millones a sus extrabajadoras(es) guatemaltecas
Country: Guatemala
Issues: Wage Theft
Como el WRC informó anteriormente, la fábrica de ropa Industrial Hana en Guatemala cerró sus operaciones en octubre de 2023, sin pagarles a aproximadamente 250 trabajadoras US$1.5 millones correspondientes a indemnizaciones y otras prestaciones que se les deben según la ley guatemalteca. La investigación del WRC encontró que, en los meses anteriores al cierre de…
$1.5 Million Wage Theft from Guatemalan Workers Who Made Lucky Brand Owned by Authentic and Shein
Country: Guatemala
Issues: Wage Theft
As the WRC reported previously, Industrial Hana, a garment factory in Guatemala, permanently closed operations in October 2023, without paying its approximately 250 employees $1.5 million in unpaid severance and other terminal benefits owed to them in accordance with Guatemalan law. The WRC’s investigation found that, in the months leading up to the factory’s closure,…