Bangladesh: RMG factory announced a mass layoff affecting 800 workers, citing decrease in purchase orders
요약
보고된 날짜: 2023년 12월 25일
위치: 방글라데시
기업 페이지
Crony Tex Sweater Ltd - Supplier , Boohoo - Buyer , Lidl - Former buyer , Mango - Former buyer , Matalan - Former buyer영향받은
영향받은 사람의 수: 숫자를 알 수 없음
Workers: ( 숫자를 알 수 없음 - 위치를 알 수 없음 , 의류 및 섬유 , Gender not reported )토픽들
생계에 미치는 영향 , 구매 관행: 주문량결과
응답 요청 여부: 예, BHRRC에 의해 요청됨
응답을 포함하는 스토리: (더 알아보기)
시행된 조치: Crony Tex Sweater allegedly supplies to Boohoo, MANGO, Lidl, Matalan; all brands provided a response to a request for comment from the Resource Centre. MANGO said it had last sourced from the factory one month before its closure in November 2023, Lidl said it had not had the factory had not produced for Lidl since the beginning of 2022. and Matalan said it had stopped sourcing from Crony Tex Sweater but did not specify when. Boohoo stated it had sourced from the factory until it was notified of its closure.
출처: News outlet
"Decreasing orders: 800 RMG workers fear for livelihood as N'ganj factory announces layoff", 25 December 2023
"As there are no orders in the factory and until new work orders are received, according to Section-12 of the Bangladesh Labour Act 2006, the sweater division of Crony Tex Sweater Ltd has been declared lay-off until 7 February. All workers will be compensated as per labour laws," said a notice issued by the Crony Group today (25 December).
"At present, the whole world, including Bangladesh, is going through an economic crisis. The company's buyers reduced their orders. As a result, it has become impossible to run the activities of the sweater department," it also said...
A group of the laid off workers staged a protest on the Dhaka-Munshiganj road on Monday. They alleged that the factory was not paying their salaries regularly for the last few months.
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