Updates

Rintex fires workers who were attempting to organize

Aug 9, 2018 —

Senior management at Rintex, a garment factory in Mexico’s State of Morelos, are reportedly blaming workers that attempted to organize for better working conditions for the decision of its major buyer, Gap Inc., to end its business relationship with the factory.

Workers subjected to violence, death threats and firings win reinstatement

Jul 25, 2018 —

Photo: WRC

Fifteen workers who were subjected to beatings, death threats and firings for attempting to form a union at a Shahi Exports garment factory in Bangalore, India have won reinstatement and an apology from their employer.

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Charges dropped against Cambodian worker rights advocate

Jul 24, 2018 —

Photo: ILRF

A Municipal Court in Phnom Penh, Cambodia has dropped all charges against well-known worker rights advocate Moeun Tola. Tola is the Executive Director of the Centre for the Alliance of Human and Labour Rights (CENTRAL). This decision comes after a six-month long legal process and persistent national and international pressure.

Unions in Bangladesh demand a decent minimum wage increase

Jul 19, 2018 —

Photo: Clean Clothes Campaign

Bangladeshi unions representing workers in the country’s garment export manufacturing sector are demanding an increase in the minimum wage for garment workers to 16,000 taka (US$191) per month.

Seeking solutions to childcare needs of maquila workers in El Salvador (May 2018)

Jun 7, 2018 —

In May, 2018, the Coalition for Decent Work for Women (CEDM), which includes Salvadoran women’s and trade union organizations, and MSN published Seeking Solutions to Childcare Needs of Maquila Workers in El Salvador.

More than 50 workers attempting to organize at Mexican garment factory have been fired

Jun 5, 2018 —

More than 50 leaders and members of an Independent Worker Coalition at the Rintex garment factory in the Mexican state of Morelos have been fired for wanting to be represented by an independent union.

Childcare in Central America: Legal Requirements and International Conventions (May 2018)

May 16, 2018 —

This educational resource compares childcare laws and regulations in four garment-producing Central American countries and profiles relevant international conventions on childcare. It was prepared by MSN for Central American women’s, trade union and labour rights organizations, as well as international apparel brands that participate in the Americas Group, a multi-stakeholder forum involving brands and manufacturers, the Global Union IndustriALL, the Fair Labor Association, and MSN.

Debate on Mexican Labour Justice Reform Continues as Counter-Reform Bill Suspended (May 2018)

May 10, 2018 —

Today, MSN published its latest Update on the ongoing debate in Mexico concerning the implementing legislation for the Constitutional Reform to the country’s labour justice system.

The May 2018 Update deciphers a complicated series of events that led to the temporary suspension of a counter-reform bill that would have undercut, if not totally negated, the spirit and intent of the February 2017 Constitutional Reform.

Gender Based Violence in the H&M Garment Supply Chain

May 2, 2018 —

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On the 5th Anniversary of Rana Plaza, tell brands to sign the renewed Accord

Apr 24, 2018 —

Photo credit: AFL-CIO Solidarity Center

Today marks the five-year anniversary of the tragic collapse of the Rana Plaza building that took the lives of 1,134 garment workers and seriously injured over 2,500. It is now widely known that workers who reported for work that morning did not want to enter the building because they knew it was unsafe were told by managers that they had to go to work in order to meet order deadlines of the international brands.

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