Sara Lee
Headquarters in USA
Sara Lee website: www.saralee.com
Sara Lee spun off its apparel business, including its Hanes, Champion & Playtex brands, as Hanesbrands, in September 2006.
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Wal-Mart lays down the law [USA]
Author: Jonathan Birchall, Financial Times
...Wal-Mart set out [in June 2005] to use its market power to support its call for the law firms [it uses] to pursue increased "diversity" actively – by having more women and ethnic minorities represented at higher levels in their firms... "Wal-Mart...
Author: Lourdes Godínez Leal, Proceso [México]
Al inicio de un nuevo sexenio, la violación a los derechos humanos y laborales (en su modalidad de explotación) son las constantes en las maquiladoras mexicanas, que operan...en absoluta impunidad...[J]ornadas excesivas, desdén a los riesgos de trabajo...
- Related companies: Sara Lee
Multinationals Accused of Hypocrisy over China Labour Law Reform
Author: Intl. Textile, Garment and Leather Workers’ Federation
US and European multinationals have been accused of double standards for adopting codes of conduct requiring their suppliers behave ethically on the one hand, while on the other lobbying against China’s proposed new labour laws which, if implemented,...
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Not everyone's cup of tea
Author: Robyn Stubbs, Vancouver 24 Hours
…thanks to a growing initiative to ensure tea pickers are treated fairly by their employers, you can feel good about wrapping your fingers around a steaming cuppa. "Consumers want to make sure the products they're buying are being produced in an...
Response of Monclova Internacional to concerns over workplace safety & wages
Author: Lauro Pesqueira, General Manager of Monclova Internacional
The management of the Monclova facility takes the safety and health of its employees very seriously. Reportable accident rates (accidents that require more than simple first aid) have been reduced from a total of 29 in 1999 to only four in the last...
- Related in-depth areas: Concerns re working conditions at Monclova Internacional, Mexico
- This is a response from the following companies: Sara Lee
Author: Lauro Pesqueira, Director General, Monclova Internacional
La administración de la planta de Monclova Internacional toma muy seriamente la seguridad y salud de los empleados, los indicadores de accidentes registrables (accidentes que requieren algo más que primeros auxilios) han sido reducidos de 29 en el año...
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[PDF] Sara Lee - Global Standards for Suppliers
Author: Sara Lee
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Author: Lourdes Godínez Leal, Proceso [México]
Pese a que funcionarios de diversas dependencias del estado de Coahuila, solicitaron a la trasnacional Sara Lee realizar un peritaje para investigar el exceso de producción y la baja de salarios en la empresa, ésta se ha negado a realizarlo,...
Textile factory declines to explain salary reduction in Coahuila [Mexico]
Author: Lourdes Godínez Leal, Proceso [Mexico]
[Original article in Spanish. Title translation, and following summary of the article's key points, provided by Business & Human Rights Resource Centre.]...
Author: Terra Actualidad - Europa Press
Varias de las empleadas de la maquila textil 'Monclova Internacional', en Mexico, que trabajan para la firma multinacional Sara Lee, denunciaron esta semana la violación de sus Derechos Humanos...Martha Barragán, Alicia Ramos y Marcela Miranda, son...
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