News from 2013
Labor rights groups implore apparel brands to sign fire safety agreement
Following the fire that killed at least seven people today who were locked inside Smart Export Garments Ltd in Dhaka, the Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC), the Worker Rights Consortium (WRC) and the International Labor Rights Forum (ILRF) called on major retailers and brands that buy apparel from Bangladesh to join the labor-supported Bangladesh Fire and Building Safety Agreement in order to prevent future tragedies.
Outline of trade union rights violations at PT SC Enterprises
The below narrative describes the challenges faced by SP SCE union in organizing at PT SC Enterprises, including multiple violations of trade union rights by PT SC Enterprises management, as reported by SP SCE union and KASBI to Oxfam and the Clean Clothes Campaign.
Multi-million compensation demand to C&A and Kik for Tazreen fire victims
Labour groups demand EUR 3 million compensation for families of deceased workers. Full compensation figure should include costs of medical treatment and loss of earnings of injured workers
Workers left homeless and unpaid after factory closure
Workers at a Cambodian underwear factory supplying H&M and Walmart are keeping a 24-hour vigil outside their factory after managers shut up shop and fled, owing hundreds of thousands of dollars in unpaid wages and benefits. Workers from Kingsland Garment are maintaining a camp in front of the factory in hopes of catching managers if they return to take machinery and equipment out of the factory.
KIK signs compensation agreement for victims of Ali Enterprises fire tragedy
AMSTERDAM - German discount giant KIK this week signed an agreement with the Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research (PILER) to make an initial payment to the victims and their families of US$ 1 million for immediate relief, and to negotiate a long term compensation package with all other involved stakeholders.
Deadly denim under your Christmas tree?
Did you get some nice new jeans for Christmas? Unfortunately, they may have been produced with sandblasting, a deadly manufacturing method which has caused thousands of cases of silicosis among the workers. A new report from Sweden shows a ban is not enforced.