“I Came Here with So Many Dreams”: Labor Rights Abuses & the Need for Change in Mauritius’ Apparel Factories
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 19 Dez 2023
Standort: Mauritius
Unternehmen
G-Star Raw - Buyer , Kontoor Brands - Buyer , Western Glove Works - Buyer , ASOS - Buyer , Centric Brands - Buyer , Foschini - Buyer , DDI - Employer , Diesel - Buyer , Giorgio Armani - BuyerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - Bangladesch , Herstellung: Allgemein , Men , Unknown migration status )Themen
Verweigerung von Vereinigungsfreiheit (siehe: Arbeit) , Personalbeschaffungsgebühren , Einschüchterung & Drohungen , Restricted mobility , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Informationszugang , Recht auf Nahrung , Occupational Health & Safety , Heat exposure , Medikamentenzugang , Verweigerung der freien Meinungsäußerung , Mentale GesundheitAntwort
Antwort erbeten: Ja, von Transparentem
External link to response: (Find out more)
Ergriffene Maßnahmen: 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.
Art der Quelle: NGO
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 19 Dez 2023
Standort: Mauritius
Unternehmen
J. Barbour and Sons Ltd. - Buyer , REAL Garments - Employer , Giorgio Armani - Buyer , Diesel - Buyer , PVH (Phillips-Van Heusen) - Buyer , Foxcroft - Buyer , Rodd & Gunn - BuyerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - Bangladesch , Herstellung: Allgemein , Men , Unknown migration status )Themen
Einschüchterung & Drohungen , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Verweigerung der freien Meinungsäußerung , Poverty Wages , Personalbeschaffungsgebühren , Work & ConditionsAntwort
Antwort erbeten: Ja, von Transparentem
External link to response: (Find out more)
Ergriffene Maßnahmen: 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.
Art der Quelle: NGO
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 19 Dez 2023
Standort: Mauritius
Unternehmen
Firemount - Employer , Rodd & Gunn - Buyer , Boardriders - Buyer , Boden - Buyer , Foschini - Buyer , Kontoor Brands - Buyer , WE Fashion - Buyer , John Lewis (part of John Lewis Partnership) - BuyerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - Bangladesch , Herstellung: Allgemein , Men , Unknown migration status )Themen
Recht auf Nahrung , Personalbeschaffungsgebühren , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Einschüchterung & Drohungen , Personal Health , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Verweigerung der freien Meinungsäußerung , Occupational Health & Safety , Heat exposureAntwort
Antwort erbeten: Ja, von Transparentem
External link to response: (Find out more)
Ergriffene Maßnahmen: 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.
Art der Quelle: NGO
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 19 Dez 2023
Standort: Mauritius
Unternehmen
Foschini - Buyer , PVH (Phillips-Van Heusen) - Buyer , Rodd & Gunn - Buyer , Aquarelle Clothing - EmployerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - Bangladesch , Kleidung & Textilien , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status ) , Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - Indien - Sector unknown , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status ) , Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - Madagaskar - Sector unknown , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )Themen
PersonalbeschaffungsgebührenAntwort
Antwort erbeten: Ja, von Transparentem
External link to response: (Find out more)
Ergriffene Maßnahmen: 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.
Art der Quelle: 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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