Golden Refit

A WRC investigation at Golden Refit, a factory located in Bangladesh and disclosed by Colosseum for the production of collegiate licensed apparel, found that factory managers yelled vulgar sexual insults and threats to humiliate women workers for minor production errors and to intimidate them into working faster. Our investigation also found that workers were required to perform unpaid, off-the-clock work. 

The WRC documented these violations of Bangladeshi law and university standards, identified the remedies required to bring the factory into compliance, and advised Colosseum of the findings and the necessary remedies. Colosseum responded appropriately, asking Golden Refit to take all of the remedial actions specified by the WRC. 

As a result:  

• Six managers responsible for sexual threats and insults are no longer employed at the factory; 

• Other managers have received final disciplinary warnings and have been placed on observation; they will be terminated if they harass workers again; 

• The factory has signed a binding MOU with a new worker organization, affiliated with a national union known as the Sommilito Garments Sramik Federation, to create robust mechanisms to protect workers from abuse going forward, including:  
  • an independent grievance mechanism; 
  • a permanent labor-management oversight body; and  
  • training for all employees and managers by an independent foundation chosen by worker representatives. 

• The factory has ended off-the-clock work and committed to paying full back wages to all affected workers, equivalent to one week of wages per worker. 

Given the commitments made by Golden Refit, the WRC can report that the violations of university codes of conduct at the factory have been fully remediated. 

Read More:

• Worker Rights Consortium Factory Assessment Golden Refit (Bangladesh) – January 7, 2026