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.

APS El Salvador

Country: El Salvador
Last updated: 2024
Issues: Statutory Benefit Violations, Wage Theft

The WRC found violations of workers’ rights at the Salvadoran garment factory, APS El Salvador, which closed in August 2022…

March 15, 2024

Westtex Apparel

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

In 2023, the WRC investigated violations of workers’ rights at the Salvadoran garment factory known as Westtex Apparel. The WRC’s…

March 11, 2024

Horizon Manufacturing

Country: Haiti
Last updated: 2024
Issues: Wage Theft

The Horizon Manufacturing garment factory, located in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, shut down operations in April 2022. At the time of the…

February 27, 2024

Trax Apparel

Country: Cambodia
Last updated: 2024
Issues: Freedom of Association Violations

The WRC identified multiple violations of Cambodian law and university labor standards at Trax Apparel, a collegiate supplier to adidas,…

February 6, 2024

Suditi Industries

Country: India
Last updated: 2024
Issues: Health & Safety Violations, Minimum Wage, Statutory Benefit Violations, Wage Theft

The WRC documented several serious labor rights violations including: payment of subminimum wages and failure to pay overtime and legal…

February 5, 2024

Premium Apparel

Country: Haiti
Last updated: 2024
Issues: Abuse and Harassment, Freedom of Association Violations, Wage Theft

In November 2023, Premium Apparel closed operations and failed to pay its workers severance and other terminal benefits. The primary…

January 24, 2024

Mazava Hispaniola

Country: Haiti
Last updated: 2023
Issues: Gender-Based Violence and Discrimination

An investigation by the WRC found violations of sexual harassment against at least two women workers, and subsequent retaliation against…

November 16, 2023

Thai Garment Export 1/3

Country: Thailand
Last updated: 2023
Issues: Freedom of Association Violations, Gender-Based Violence and Discrimination, Wage Theft

At the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, the WRC found that Thai Garment Exports’ dismissal of 43 Burmese…

August 1, 2023

Gildan San Miguel

Country: Honduras
Last updated: 2023
Issues: Factory Closure

In July 2022, the Canadian Apparel retailer, Gildan Activewear, fully closed operations of its owned factory in Honduras known as…

July 20, 2023

Centri Group

Country: Haiti
Last updated: 2023
Issues: Freedom of Association Violations, Wage Theft

In 2022, the WRC conducted an investigation and found that the Haitian factory, Centri Group, committed violations of freedom of…

July 14, 2023

Niagara Textiles

Country: Bangladesh
Last updated: 2023
Issues: Health & Safety Violations, Wage Theft, Wrongful Termination

The WRC investigated and, with the assistance of New Wave Group and university licensee Cutter & Buck, secured corrective actions…

June 15, 2023

Violet Apparel Co. Ltd.

Country: Cambodia
Last updated: 2023
Issues: Covid-19, Wage Theft

The July 1, 2020, closure of Violet Apparel Co. Ltd. in Phnom Penh, Cambodia—a supplier of non-collegiate apparel to Nike…

June 15, 2023