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.

Hulu Garment Co. Ltd.

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

The apparel industry’s chronically low wages left most garment workers with no savings on the eve of the Covid-19 crisis.

April 10, 2023

Southern Apparel Contractors (Tegra Global)

Country: Honduras
Last updated: 2023
Issues: Freedom of Association Violations

In 2022, the WRC found violations of freedom of association at Southern Apparel Contractors, a factory in Honduras owned by…

March 14, 2023

JNB Global / Sams and Rudia

Country: Guatemala
Last updated: 2023
Issues: Wage Theft, Wrongful Termination

The WRC documented violations of worker rights at the Guatemalan garment factory, JNB Global, also known as Sams and Rudia.

March 2, 2023

Winners

Country: Guatemala
Last updated: 2023
Issues: Freedom of Association Violations, Violence against Workers, Wrongful Termination

In 2020, the WRC documented serious violations of workers’ rights to freedom of association that occurred at the Winners factory,…

February 24, 2023

Vald’or

Country: Haiti
Last updated: 2023
Issues: Wage Theft

Vald’or, a garment factory located in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, fully closed operations in January 2022. The US-based company failed to pay…

February 7, 2023

Centexsa

Country: Guatemala
Last updated: 2023
Issues: Abuse and Harassment, Freedom of Association Violations, Gender-Based Violence and Discrimination

Nine workers were fired due to their exercise of freedom of association. After intervention by the WRC, the factory agreed…

January 25, 2023

Shahi Exports Unit 20

Country: India
Last updated: 2022
Issues: Abuse and Harassment, Freedom of Association Violations

The WRC helped secure the reinstatement of a garment worker leader in Bangalore, India, who was subjected to violent threats,…

December 16, 2022

B.D. Cambodia

Country: Cambodia
Last updated: 2022
Issues: Freedom of Association Violations, Wrongful Termination

The WRC worked with licensees to resolve a case in which B.D.Cambodia illegally terminated a workplace leader, made a legally…

December 16, 2022

Uni Gears Ltd.

Country: Bangladesh
Last updated: 2022
Issues: Wage Theft

Uni Gears Ltd. in Gazipur, Bangladesh, a supplier to Outerstuff employing over 1,000 workers, made significant reductions to its workforce…

December 16, 2022

KGG Garments, Plc

Country: Ethiopia
Last updated: 2022
Issues: Wage Theft

In March 2022, the WRC secured a commitment from the university licensee, Cutter & Buck, to provide the equivalent of…

December 16, 2022

Mex Mode, S.A. de C.V. (formerly Kukdong International Mexico S.A. de C.V.)

Country: Mexico
Last updated: 2024
Issues: Abuse and Harassment, Freedom of Association Violations, Health & Safety Violations, Statutory Benefit Violations, Wage Theft, Wrongful Termination

Kukdong workers filed complaints with the WRC in January 2001, following Kukdong's alleged discharge of five workers who asserted several…

October 5, 2022

GO Haiti (Garments of Haiti)

Country: Haiti
Last updated: 2022
Issues: Wage Theft

In late August 2022, more than 800 workers at the apparel factory, GO Haiti (Garments of Haiti) picked up severance…

September 30, 2022