“More than 1,100 garment workers in Haiti are sharing $1m (£830,000) in compensation from the owner of Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein after being left destitute by the closure of a factory.
PVH, which was one of several brand owners sourcing from the Vald’or factory in the Caribbean country, agreed to pay the sum to cover missed severance pay, pension contributions directly to workers and the government pension fund after involvement by the Worker Rights Consortium lobby group.”
Read MoreThe study, undertaken by the New Conversations Project at the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations, lays out the key elements for a global severance fund, namely the need for it to be legally binding and to feature detailed obligations on brands and employers regarding the provision of severance.
When millions of garment workers at factories around the world lost pay and jobs during the early stages of the pandemic, the study states, it brought to light the precarious work environment they have faced for decades.
Read More“More than 1,000 sacked Thai garment workers who made bras at a factory supplying lingerie firm Victoria’s Secret have received a landmark $8.3m settlement, labour rights activists have said.”
Read MoreLa Republica | 18 March 2021
"Paga i tuoi dipendenti" (#PayYourWorkers). Nasce una nuova coalizione globale per chiedere ai grandi marchi ai distributori della moda di pagare il giusto compenso a lavoratori e lavoratrici tessili. Ad annunciarlo è la Campagna Abiti Puliti, una delle 14 coalizioni nazionali della Clean Clothes Campaign in Europa. La nuova coalizione, di cui fanno parte 200 organizzazioni, ha lanciato la campagna #PayYourWorkers e la petizione da firmare qui.
Le richieste. La richiesta rivolta alle grandi aziende è di sottoscrivere impegni vincolanti per riformare il settore dell’abbigliamento in modo più equo per i lavoratori e le lavoratrici. In particolare si chiede di corrispondere loro quanto dovuto e non pagato nel periodo della pandemia. Si chiede anche di rispettare il diritto di formare sindacati e di organizzarsi, e garanzie contrattuali in caso di fallimento della fabbrica.
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