MSN Publications and Collaborative Work

Camino Rojo case highlights urgent need for improvements in Rapid Response Mechanism

Jun 1, 2026 —

Photo: Voz Minera Radio

On March 26, the three-member expert panel in the Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM) case initiated by the US government against Canadian mining company Orla Mining published its determination confirming worker allegations that management at its Camino Rojo mine in Mexico’s Zacatecas state had interfered with their associational rights. 

Factory closures in Central America devastate garment workers and unions

Jan 8, 2026 —

Union members call on Fruit of the Loom to reopen the
Jerzees Nuevo Día factory in Honduras.

Workers call on Lucky Brand to address severance theft
after the closure of the Industrial Hana factory in Guatemala.

Workers call on Disney and their Grey's Anatomy brand to ensure full payment
of severance owed after the closure of Industrias Florenzi in El Salvador.

The past five years have seen major disruptions in the global garment industry, including the global pandemic in 2020, the growth of fast fashion and e-commerce, widespread closures and mass layoffs, the expansion of private equity-controlled brand management companies, and more recently, sweeping changes to global trade starting in 2025.*

The wave of factory closures and mass layoffs in garment manufacturing facilities in Central America has had a devastating impact on garment workers, their families and their unions.

Garment union in the Philippines celebrates new agreement as significant victory

Jul 3, 2025 —

Union members call on lululemon to ensure
respect for freedom of association in their supplier factories. 
(OMEGA-PIGLAS)

A national and international campaign led by a garment workers’ union in the Philippines and supported by international labour rights organizations has won a negotiated agreement to respect the workers’ associational rights at the MetroWear Two factory in the Mactan Export Processing Zone. The factory produces sportwear for the Canadian-based athletic apparel company lululemon.

Honouring the life and work of Sergio Chávez

May 14, 2025 —

Sergio Chávez (photos by Jorge Soriano)

With heavy hearts, we mourn the loss of our dear colleague, friend and tireless advocate for workers’ rights, Sergio Chávez.

Sergio died on February 9, his 69th birthday, after a long battle with cancer.

Sergio was a key source of information and analysis for us at MSN and for many others who called on him to verify rumours about factory closures, layoffs, or brands’ plans to leave the country, among others. Even in his final days, he was responding to messages and answering questions.

Twelve years after Rana Plaza, workers are still demanding improved safety, living wages, and justice

Apr 24, 2025 —

Worker urges companies to sign the International Accord (CCC).

Commemoration of the 12th anniversary of the Rana Plaza tragedy (NGWF).

On April 24, twelve years ago, the Rana Plaza building in Bangladesh that housed five garment factories collapsed, killing at least 1,138 workers in a preventable disaster. MSN joins with others in the Clean Clothes Campaign global network and Bangladeshi unions in honouring the survivors and family members of the workers killed in this tragedy and reiterating our commitment to fighting the root causes of the collapse, including unsafe factories, poverty wages, corporate negligence, and union busting.

Accord Witness Signatories call for restructuring of Bangladesh safety program

Feb 11, 2025 —

Safe evacuations at a factory covered by the Accord (International Accord Secretariat)

MSN is joining with the Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC) and Worker Rights Consortium (WRC) in calling for a restructuring of the governance model of what has historically been a highly successful workplace safety program in Bangladesh in order to eliminate undo employer influence over the inspection process and maintain the integrity of the program.

World Bank must demand end to attacks on Cambodian labour and human rights organizations

Nov 11, 2024 —

Photo: From a CENTRAL report on labour rights violations.

MSN joined with 162 other international labour and human rights organizations in signing a joint open letter calling on the World Bank to enforce its policy of zero tolerance for retaliation and condemn the Cambodian government’s assault on human rights organizations, including the Center for the Alliance of Labor and Human Rights (CENTRAL) and Equitable Cambodia.

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