“I Came Here with So Many Dreams”: Labor Rights Abuses & the Need for Change in Mauritius’ Apparel Factories
要約
Date Reported: 2023年12月19日
場所: モーリシャス
企業
G-Star Raw - Buyer , ASOS - Buyer , Kontoor Brands - Buyer , DDI - Employer , Centric Brands - Buyer , Diesel - Buyer , Foschini - Buyer , Giorgio Armani - Buyer , Western Glove Works - Buyer関連
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - バングラデシュ , 製造業: 一般 , Men )課題
採用費 , 威嚇及び脅迫 , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , 情報へのアクセス , 食の権利 , Occupational Health & Safety , Heat exposure , 医薬品へのアクセス , 表現の自由の否定 , メンタルヘルス , Restricted mobility , 組合の自由回答
Response sought: Yes, by Transparentem
External link to response: (Find out more)
取られた措置: 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.
情報源のタイプ: NGO
要約
Date Reported: 2023年12月19日
場所: モーリシャス
企業
J. Barbour and Sons Ltd. - Buyer , Giorgio Armani - Buyer , REAL Garments - Employer , Diesel - Buyer , Foxcroft - Buyer , Rodd & Gunn - Buyer , PVH (Phillips-Van Heusen) - Buyer関連
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - バングラデシュ , 製造業: 一般 , Men )課題
採用費 , 威嚇及び脅迫 , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , 表現の自由の否定 , Poverty Wages , Work & Conditions回答
Response sought: Yes, by Transparentem
External link to response: (Find out more)
取られた措置: 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.
情報源のタイプ: NGO
要約
Date Reported: 2023年12月19日
場所: モーリシャス
企業
Firemount - Employer , Rodd & Gunn - Buyer , Boardriders - Buyer , Boden - Buyer , Foschini - Buyer , WE Fashion - Buyer , Kontoor Brands - Buyer , John Lewis (part of John Lewis Partnership) - Buyer関連
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - バングラデシュ , 製造業: 一般 , Gender not reported )課題
食の権利 , 採用費 , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , 威嚇及び脅迫 , Personal Health , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , 表現の自由の否定 , Occupational Health & Safety , Heat exposure回答
Response sought: Yes, by Transparentem
External link to response: (Find out more)
取られた措置: 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.
情報源のタイプ: NGO
要約
Date Reported: 2023年12月19日
場所: モーリシャス
企業
Aquarelle Clothing - Employer , Foschini - Buyer , PVH (Phillips-Van Heusen) - Buyer , Rodd & Gunn - Buyer関連
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - バングラデシュ , 衣料及び繊維 , Gender not reported )課題
採用費回答
Response sought: Yes, by Transparentem
External link to response: (Find out more)
取られた措置: 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.
情報源のタイプ: 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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