“I Came Here with So Many Dreams”: Labor Rights Abuses & the Need for Change in Mauritius’ Apparel Factories
الملخص
Date Reported: 19 ديسمبر 2023
الموقع: موريشيوس
الشركات
G-Star Raw - Buyer , ASOS - Buyer , Kontoor Brands - Buyer , Western Glove Works - Buyer , Centric Brands - Buyer , Foschini - Buyer , DDI - Employer , Diesel - Buyer , Giorgio Armani - Buyerالفئة المتأثرة
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - بنجلاديش , التصنيع: عامة , Men )القضايا
حرية تكوين الجمعيات , رسوم التوظيف , الترهيب والتهديد , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , الحصول على المعلومات , الحق في الغذاء , Occupational Health & Safety , Heat exposure , الوصول والحصول على الأدوية , الحرمان من حرية التعبير , الصحة العقلية , Restricted mobilityالرد
Response sought: Yes, by Transparentem
External link to response: (Find out more)
الإجراءات المتخذة: The suppliers provided policies in response to Transparentem's request to comment on the investigation's findings. All four denied workers had paid any recruitment fees. Management at DDI, Firemount and R.EA.L disputed most of the findings, excepting som on living and working conditions. PVH, Barbour and Second Clothing had committed to pay funds to repay migrant workers for recruitment fees and related costs at R.E.A.L; the Guardian calculated this at £400k total.
نوع المصدر: NGO
الملخص
Date Reported: 19 ديسمبر 2023
الموقع: موريشيوس
الشركات
J. Barbour and Sons Ltd. - Buyer , REAL Garments - Employer , Giorgio Armani - Buyer , Diesel - Buyer , PVH (Phillips-Van Heusen) - Buyer , Foxcroft - Buyer , Rodd & Gunn - Buyerالفئة المتأثرة
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - بنجلاديش , التصنيع: عامة , Men )القضايا
الترهيب والتهديد , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , الحرمان من حرية التعبير , Poverty Wages , رسوم التوظيف , Work & Conditionsالرد
Response sought: Yes, by Transparentem
External link to response: (Find out more)
الإجراءات المتخذة: The suppliers provided policies in response to Transparentem's request to comment on the investigation's findings. All four denied workers had paid any recruitment fees. Management at DDI, Firemount and R.EA.L disputed most of the findings, excepting som on living and working conditions. PVH, Barbour and Second Clothing had committed to pay funds to repay migrant workers for recruitment fees and related costs at R.E.A.L; the Guardian calculated this at £400k total.
نوع المصدر: NGO
الملخص
Date Reported: 19 ديسمبر 2023
الموقع: موريشيوس
الشركات
Firemount - Employer , Rodd & Gunn - Buyer , Boardriders - Buyer , Boden - Buyer , Foschini - Buyer , Kontoor Brands - Buyer , WE Fashion - Buyer , John Lewis (part of John Lewis Partnership) - Buyerالفئة المتأثرة
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - بنجلاديش , التصنيع: عامة , Gender not reported )القضايا
الحق في الغذاء , رسوم التوظيف , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , الترهيب والتهديد , Personal Health , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , الحرمان من حرية التعبير , Occupational Health & Safety , Heat exposureالرد
Response sought: Yes, by Transparentem
External link to response: (Find out more)
الإجراءات المتخذة: The suppliers provided policies in response to Transparentem's request to comment on the investigation's findings. All four denied workers had paid any recruitment fees. Management at DDI, Firemount and R.EA.L disputed most of the findings, excepting som on living and working conditions. PVH, Barbour and Second Clothing had committed to pay funds to repay migrant workers for recruitment fees and related costs at R.E.A.L; the Guardian calculated this at £400k total.
نوع المصدر: NGO
الملخص
Date Reported: 19 ديسمبر 2023
الموقع: موريشيوس
الشركات
Foschini - Buyer , PVH (Phillips-Van Heusen) - Buyer , Rodd & Gunn - Buyer , Aquarelle Clothing - Employerالفئة المتأثرة
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - بنجلاديش , الملابس والمنسوجات , Gender not reported )القضايا
رسوم التوظيفالرد
Response sought: Yes, by Transparentem
External link to response: (Find out more)
الإجراءات المتخذة: The suppliers provided policies in response to Transparentem's request to comment on the investigation's findings. All four denied workers had paid any recruitment fees. Management at DDI, Firemount and R.EA.L disputed most of the findings, excepting som on living and working conditions. PVH, Barbour and Second Clothing had committed to pay funds to repay migrant workers for recruitment fees and related costs at R.E.A.L; the Guardian calculated this at £400k total.
نوع المصدر: NGO
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Workers [in Mauritius] told of feeling disillusionment and despair when, after paying exploitative recruitment fees they arrived in Mauritius to find that their wages were far less than their agents had told them. They described living and working conditions that no worker should endure, such as overcrowded dorms and insect infestations. Syed* (a pseudonym), a migrant worker at Firemount, reported going hungry and becoming physically weak due to the quality of food, saying, “The food is so bad, I would never have come. I would rather starve in Bangladesh.”
Some workers also reported facing intimidation and threats of punishment for speaking about their experiences—including the threat of deportation.
Transparentem’s investigation, completed in 2023, and company responses to its findings bring three stark realities to light (complete findings are in the full report):
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