Commentary

Commentary

Challenging the Status Quo: Helping Workers Protect their Associational Rights in Myanmar

Freedom of association is a fundamental and critical right allowing workers to…

January 15, 2020
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Despite progress gender-based violence and harassment is still a reality for global garment workers

By Rola Abimourched Today marks the end of this year’s “…

December 13, 2019
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Largest Sum Ever: WRC recovers US$4.5 Million in unpaid severance

In the fall of 2019, two thousand Indonesian workers received what the…

December 4, 2019
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When ‘business as usual’ costs lives: workers in Pakistan call for a binding safety agreement

By Christie Miedema and Liana Foxvog In Karachi, Pakistan, 11 September…

November 14, 2019
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Lesotho garment workers struck landmark deals to tackle gender-based violence. Here’s how it happened.

By Rola Abimourched, Libakiso Matlho, Thusoana Ntlama, & Robin Runge Gender-based…

September 13, 2019
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Landmark Agreements to Combat Gender-based Violence and Harassment in Lesotho’s Garment Industry

Last Thursday marked the announcement of a set of landmark agreements…

August 19, 2019
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“Organized theft on a massive scale”: the reality of severance theft in Indonesia

Abruptly and without warning, the Indonesian garment company Jaba Garmindo shut down…

June 26, 2019
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The False Promise of Corporate Living Wage Commitments

In the face of mounting pressure from workers, unions, and civil society…

June 1, 2019