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.
Workers outside the Jerzees Nuevo Día factory in Honduras call on Fruit of the Loom to keep unionized factories open (CGT).
Twenty-seven labour and other civil society organizations, including MSN, have sent a joint letter to the US apparel brand Fruit of the Loom, urging the company to reverse its decision to close two unionized factories in Honduras.
