Reports

The WRC conducts research into issues of concern in the apparel supply chain. Our research projects are often conducted in partnership with colleagues at our university affiliates and other research institutions.

Abandoned? The Impact of Covid-19 on Workers and Businesses at the Bottom of Global Garment Supply Chains

Issues: Covid-19

This report, authored by Pennsylvania State University’s Center for Global Workers’ Rights, in collaboration with the WRC describes the results…

March 27, 2020

WRC WHITE PAPER: Who will bail out the workers that make our clothes?

Issues: Covid-19

Co-authored by WRC executive director Scott Nova and the CCC’s Ineke Zeldenrust, this white paper explains how brands and retailers…

March 26, 2020

¿Quién va a rescatar a las trabajadoras(es) que fabrican nuestra ropa?

Issues: Covid-19

Coescrito por el director ejecutivo del WRC, Scott Nova, e Ineke Zeldenrust, de la Campaña Ropa Limpia, este informe explica…

March 26, 2020

যে শ্রমিকেরা আমাদের কাপড় তৈরি করেন তাদের অর্থনৈতিক সুরক্ষা কে দেবে?

Issues: Covid-19

ডব্লিউআরসি-এর নির্বাহী পরিচালক স্কট নোভা এবং সিসিসি-এর ইনিকে জেলডেনরুস্টের যৌথ-রচিত এই শ্বেতপত্রটি ব্যাখ্যা করে যে, কীভাবে বিভিন্ন ব্র্যান্ড ও খুচরা…

March 26, 2020

To Create a Better Everyday Life for Some People

Issues: Abuse and Harassment, Freedom of Association Violations, Health & Safety Violations, Wage and Hour Violations

There are few research studies on the labor conditions of home textile factory workers. This report aims to fill this…

February 4, 2020

Banning Hope: Bangladesh Garment Workers, Seeking a Dollar an Hour Face Mass Firings, Violence, and False Arrests

Issues: Abuse and Harassment, Freedom of Association Violations, Violence against Workers, Wrongful Termination

The government and apparel factory owners in Bangladesh have carried out a brutal crackdown on garment workers in retaliation for…

May 17, 2019

Bangladesh Government’s Safety Inspection Agencies Not Ready to Take Over Accord’s Work

Issues: Health & Safety Violations

The government of Bangladesh is using proceedings before the Supreme Court of Bangladesh to prevent the Accord on Fire and…

April 17, 2019

“Ethiopia is a North Star”: Grim Conditions and Miserable Wages Guide Apparel Brands in their Race to the Bottom

Issues: Abuse and Harassment, Gender-Based Violence and Discrimination, Health & Safety Violations, Wage and Hour Violations, Wage Theft

As global brands continue their relentless quest for low-cost production locations, Ethiopia is emerging as a coveted destination. This report…

December 31, 2018

Unholy Alliances: How Employers in El Salvador’s Garment Industry Collude with a Corrupt Labor Federation, Company Unions and Violent Gangs to Suppress Workers’ Rights

Issues: Violence against Workers

This report details how garment factories in El Salvador collude with various corrupt and unlawful entities – from labor federations…

January 22, 2015

Alianzas Nefastas

Issues: Violence against Workers

Este informe detalla cómo las fábricas de confección en El Salvador se confabulan con varias entidades corruptas e ilegales –desde…

January 22, 2015

Crackdown in Cambodia: Workers Seeking Higher Wages Meet Violent Repression

Issues: Violence against Workers

On January 2 and 3, 2014, Cambodian security forces engaged in deadly attacks on protesting garment workers in the country’s…

May 17, 2014

Global Wage Trends for Apparel Workers, 2001-2011

Issues: Living Wage, Minimum Wage

Garment workers in many of the leading apparel-exporting countries earn little more than subsistence wages for the long hours of…

July 17, 2013