Bangladesh: RMG factory announced a mass layoff affecting 800 workers, citing decrease in purchase orders
摘要
日期: 2023年12月25日
地点: 孟加拉国
企业
Crony Tex Sweater Ltd - Supplier , Boohoo - Buyer , Lidl - Former buyer , Mango - Former buyer , Matalan - Former buyer受影响的
受影响的总人数: 数字未知
工人: ( 数字未知 - 地点未知 , 衣服和纺织品 , Gender not reported )议题
Impacts on Livelihoods , 采购实践：订单量回应
已邀请回应：是，由BHRRC
载有回应的故事： (查看更多)
后续行动: 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.
信息来源: 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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