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Nike, Ramatax Group urged to compensate Cambodia garment workers
Country: Cambodia
Issues: Wage Theft
Nike urged to support supply chain workers
Country: Cambodia
Issues: Wage Theft
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…
Centri Group
Country: Haiti
Issues: Freedom of Association Violations, Wage Theft
In 2022, the WRC conducted an investigation and found that the Haitian factory, Centri Group, committed violations of freedom of association by firing 64 of its employees. The factory retaliated against this group of workers, which it held responsible for an employee-wide work stoppage to protest unpaid overtime. The WRC found that Centri Group’s dismissal…
WRC Statement in Response to Murder of Shahidul Islam
Country: Bangladesh
Issues: Abuse and Harassment, Freedom of Association Violations, Violence Against Workers, Wage Theft
The WRC stands with the international labor rights community in mourning and condemning the devastating murder of longstanding union leader, Shahidul Islam of the Bangladesh Garment and Industrial Workers Federation (BGIWF). Our thoughts are with his wife and sons, and the union movement in Bangladesh that he tirelessly dedicated 25 years of his life to…
‘শহীদুল ইসলাম হত্যার প্রতিক্রিয়ায় WRC’র বিবৃতি’
Country: Bangladesh
Issues: Abuse and Harassment, Freedom of Association Violations, Violence Against Workers, Wage Theft
আন্তর্জাতিক শ্রমিক অধিকার সম্প্রদায়ের সাথে একাত্ম হয়ে ‘শ্রমিক অধিকার সংঘ’ (Worker Rights Consortium, WRC) বাংলাদেশ গার্মেন্টস ইন্ডাস্ট্রিস ওয়ার্কার্স ফেডারেশনের (BGIWF) নেতা, শ্রমিক আন্দোলনের দীর্ঘদিনের বন্ধু শহীদুল ইসলামের নৃশংস হত্যায় শোক ও নিন্দা জ্ঞাপন করছে। তাঁর স্ত্রী ও ছেলেমেয়ে এবং বাংলাদেশের ট্রেড ইউনিয়ন আন্দোলনের বন্ধুদের মতো আমরাও এই মর্মান্তিক ঘটনায় শোকাহত ও সমব্যাথী; তাঁদের প্রতিও আমরা…
Niagara Textiles
Country: Bangladesh
Issues: Health & Safety Violations, Wage Theft, Wrongful Termination
The WRC investigated and, with the assistance of New Wave Group and university licensee Cutter & Buck, secured corrective actions to address two vehicular accidents involving factory workers in 2021 (a crash of a company-provided bus while transporting workers to the factory) and 2022 (a truck accident on the factory premises), which resulted in the death…
New WRC Report: Reinstatement, Back Pay, and Safety Improvements at Collegiate Supplier
Country: Bangladesh
Issues: Health & Safety Violations, Wage Theft, Wrongful Termination
To: WRC Affiliate Universities and Colleges From: Manodeep Guha and Ben Hensler Date: June 15, 2023 Re: Reinstatement, Back Pay, and Safety Improvements at Collegiate Supplier The WRC investigated and, with the assistance of New Wave Group and Cutter & Buck, secured corrective actions to address two vehicular accidents involving factory workers in 2021 (a crash…
Violet Apparel Co. Ltd.
Country: Cambodia
Issues: Covid-19, Wage Theft
The July 1, 2020, closure of Violet Apparel Co. Ltd. in Phnom Penh, Cambodia—a supplier of non-collegiate apparel to Nike and UK brand, Matalan—left 1,284 workers unemployed with less than one week’s notice. Violet Apparel was owned by textile and apparel conglomerate, Ramatex, which operates more than 20 production facilities around the world, including three…
One Year Back Pay, Rehiring for Haitian Workers Fired over Wage Protest
Country: Haiti
Issues: Freedom of Association Violations, Wage Theft
After nearly a year of investigation and engagement by the WRC, Centri Group, a garment factory in Haiti that supplies the Canadian apparel company, Gildan Activewear, has committed to remedy violations of its workers’ fundamental right to freedom of association. As previously reported, a WRC investigation had found that, in 2022, Centri Group violated its…