“I Came Here with So Many Dreams”: Labor Rights Abuses & the Need for Change in Mauritius’ Apparel Factories
摘要
日期: 2023年12月19日
地點: 模里西斯
企業
G-Star Raw - Buyer , Kontoor Brands - Buyer , Western Glove Works - Buyer , ASOS - Buyer , Centric Brands - Buyer , Foschini - Buyer , DDI - Employer , Diesel - Buyer , Giorgio Armani - Buyer受影響的
受影響的總人數: 數字未知
移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 孟加拉 , 製造業：綜合 , Men , Unknown migration status )議題
結社自由 , 招聘費用 , 恐嚇和威脅 , Restricted mobility , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , 訊息獲取 , 食物權 , Occupational Health & Safety , Heat exposure , 藥物可及性 , 剝奪言論自由 , 心理健康回應
已邀請回應：是，由Transparentem
回應的外部鏈接： (查看更多)
後續行動: 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.
資訊來源: NGO
摘要
日期: 2023年12月19日
地點: 模里西斯
企業
J. Barbour and Sons Ltd. - Buyer , REAL Garments - Employer , Giorgio Armani - Buyer , Diesel - Buyer , PVH (Phillips-Van Heusen) - Buyer , Foxcroft - Buyer , Rodd & Gunn - Buyer受影響的
受影響的總人數: 數字未知
移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 孟加拉 , 製造業：綜合 , Men , Unknown migration status )議題
恐嚇和威脅 , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , 剝奪言論自由 , Poverty Wages , 招聘費用 , Work & Conditions回應
已邀請回應：是，由Transparentem
回應的外部鏈接： (查看更多)
後續行動: 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.
資訊來源: NGO
摘要
日期: 2023年12月19日
地點: 模里西斯
企業
Firemount - Employer , Rodd & Gunn - Buyer , Boardriders - Buyer , Boden - Buyer , Foschini - Buyer , Kontoor Brands - Buyer , WE Fashion - Buyer , John Lewis (part of John Lewis Partnership) - Buyer受影響的
受影響的總人數: 數字未知
移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 孟加拉 , 製造業：綜合 , Men , Unknown migration status )議題
食物權 , 招聘費用 , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , 恐嚇和威脅 , Personal Health , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , 剝奪言論自由 , Occupational Health & Safety , Heat exposure回應
已邀請回應：是，由Transparentem
回應的外部鏈接： (查看更多)
後續行動: 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.
資訊來源: NGO
摘要
日期: 2023年12月19日
地點: 模里西斯
企業
Foschini - Buyer , PVH (Phillips-Van Heusen) - Buyer , Rodd & Gunn - Buyer , Aquarelle Clothing - Employer受影響的
受影響的總人數: 數字未知
移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 孟加拉 , 衣服和紡織品 , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status ) , 移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 印度 - 未知行业 , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status ) , 移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 馬達加斯加 - 未知行业 , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )議題
招聘費用回應
已邀請回應：是，由Transparentem
回應的外部鏈接： (查看更多)
後續行動: 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.
資訊來源: 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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