Factory Investigations

The WRC has conducted hundreds of factory investigations in more than two dozen countries, many in response to complaints from workers and worker organizations. You can browse case summaries, full public reports, and related documents and background information for many of these investigations below. Reports include detailed information on findings, the WRC’s recommendations for remedies (from reinstatement of illegally fired workers, to urgent safety improvements, to back pay) and whether or not brands and factories have implemented these remedies. Click on a factory name in the results to view the case summary and links to the full report and other documents.

PT Semarang Garment Indonesia

Country: Indonesia
Last updated: 2025
Issues: Gender-Based Violence and Discrimination

PT Semarang Garment Indonesia is owned by the Korea-based firm Ontide. Fanatics sources both its own products and, under license,…

March 12, 2025

Hansae Haiti

Country: Haiti
Last updated: 2025
Issues: Freedom of Association Violations, Wrongful Termination

In 2025, the WRC’s engagement with buyers secured reinstatement with full back pay for nine workers who were fired in…

March 6, 2025

Stretchline Central America

Country: Honduras
Last updated: 2025
Issues: Wage Theft

In 2024, Stretchline Central America, located in Honduras, announced its upcoming closure and informed its workers that they would not…

February 10, 2025

Jasper

Country: Honduras
Last updated: 2025
Issues: Freedom of Association Violations

Following the 2022 closure of the Hanesbrands Incorporated (HBI)-owned factory in Honduras, known as Jasper, workers alleged, and the WRC…

January 13, 2025

South China Headwear (Shenzhen) Co. Limited

Country: China
Last updated: 2024
Issues: Health & Safety Violations, Overtime Violations, Statutory Benefit Violations, Wage and Hour Violations, Wage Theft

In 2024, the WRC conducted its investigation of the factory after being informed by the licensee, Vantage Apparel, that an…

November 26, 2024

Heart and Mind Apparel Co., Ltd.

Country: Thailand
Last updated: 2024
Issues: Wage Theft

A Worker Rights Consortium (WRC) investigation found that, at the time of its closure, Heart and Mind, a garment factory…

October 21, 2024

Grupo Merlet

Country: El Salvador
Last updated: 2024
Issues: Freedom of Association Violations, Wrongful Termination

A WRC investigation found that Grupo Merlet, located in El Salvador, violated local law and university codes of conduct when…

September 16, 2024

Everest Apparel

Country: Ethiopia
Last updated: 2024
Issues: Abuse and Harassment, Freedom of Association Violations, Health & Safety Violations, Overtime Violations, Statutory Benefit Violations, Wage and Hour Violations, Wage Theft

The WRC documented several serious labor rights violations at Everest Apparel, a factory located in Ethiopia. These included: unlawful wage…

September 6, 2024

Texpia II

Country: Guatemala
Last updated: 2024
Issues: Health & Safety Violations

In June 2024, Anastacio Tzib Caal, a union leader at Texpia II, was assassinated by an unidentified assailant. In the…

July 15, 2024

Özak/Kübrateks

Country: Türkiye
Last updated: 2024
Issues: Freedom of Association Violations, Violence against Workers, Wrongful Termination

The WRC investigated reports of severe repression of workers’ freedom of association—including mass firings and arrests, threatened and actual violence,…

June 21, 2024

Quantum Apparel (Cambodia)

Country: Cambodia
Last updated: 2024
Issues: Freedom of Association Violations, Wrongful Termination

The WRC’s investigation found that, immediately after workers established an independent union at the factory to address complaints concerning the…

May 6, 2024

Sun Shui Shing Industrial (Cambodia)

Country: Cambodia
Last updated: 2024
Issues: Freedom of Association Violations, Gender-Based Violence and Discrimination

The WRC’s investigation found that, immediately after workers established an independent union at the factory to address complaints of forced…

March 28, 2024