“I Came Here with So Many Dreams”: Labor Rights Abuses & the Need for Change in Mauritius’ Apparel Factories
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 19 Dic 2023
Ubicación: Mauricio
Empresas
G-Star Raw - Buyer , ASOS - Buyer , Kontoor Brands - Buyer , DDI - Employer , Centric Brands - Buyer , Diesel - Buyer , Foschini - Buyer , Giorgio Armani - Buyer , Western Glove Works - BuyerAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: Número desconocido
Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( Número desconocido - Bangladés , Manufactura: General , Men )Temas
Tasas de contratación , Intimidación y Amenazas , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Acceso a la información , Derecho a la alimentación , Occupational Health & Safety , Heat exposure , Acceso a medicinas , Negación de la libertad de expresión , Salud mental , Restricted mobility , Libertad de asociaciónRespuesta
Respuesta buscada: Sí, por Transparentem
Link externo para respuesta (Más información)
Medidas adoptadas: 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.
Tipo de fuente: NGO
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 19 Dic 2023
Ubicación: Mauricio
Empresas
J. Barbour and Sons Ltd. - Buyer , Giorgio Armani - Buyer , REAL Garments - Employer , Diesel - Buyer , Foxcroft - Buyer , Rodd & Gunn - Buyer , PVH (Phillips-Van Heusen) - BuyerAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: Número desconocido
Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( Número desconocido - Bangladés , Manufactura: General , Men )Temas
Tasas de contratación , Intimidación y Amenazas , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Negación de la libertad de expresión , Poverty Wages , Work & ConditionsRespuesta
Respuesta buscada: Sí, por Transparentem
Link externo para respuesta (Más información)
Medidas adoptadas: 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.
Tipo de fuente: NGO
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 19 Dic 2023
Ubicación: Mauricio
Empresas
Firemount - Employer , Rodd & Gunn - Buyer , Boardriders - Buyer , Boden - Buyer , Foschini - Buyer , WE Fashion - Buyer , Kontoor Brands - Buyer , John Lewis (part of John Lewis Partnership) - BuyerAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: Número desconocido
Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( Número desconocido - Bangladés , Manufactura: General , Gender not reported )Temas
Derecho a la alimentación , Tasas de contratación , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Intimidación y Amenazas , Personal Health , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Negación de la libertad de expresión , Occupational Health & Safety , Heat exposureRespuesta
Respuesta buscada: Sí, por Transparentem
Link externo para respuesta (Más información)
Medidas adoptadas: 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.
Tipo de fuente: NGO
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 19 Dic 2023
Ubicación: Mauricio
Empresas
Aquarelle Clothing - Employer , Foschini - Buyer , PVH (Phillips-Van Heusen) - Buyer , Rodd & Gunn - BuyerAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: Número desconocido
Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( Número desconocido - Bangladés , Ropa y Textiles , Gender not reported )Temas
Tasas de contrataciónRespuesta
Respuesta buscada: Sí, por Transparentem
Link externo para respuesta (Más información)
Medidas adoptadas: 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.
Tipo de fuente: 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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