“I Came Here with So Many Dreams”: Labor Rights Abuses & the Need for Change in Mauritius’ Apparel Factories
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Date Reported: 19 Дек 2023
Местонахождение: Маврикий
Компании
G-Star Raw - Buyer , ASOS - Buyer , Kontoor Brands - Buyer , DDI - Employer , Centric Brands - Buyer , Diesel - Buyer , Foschini - Buyer , Giorgio Armani - Buyer , Western Glove Works - BuyerЗатронуто
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Мигранты и рабочие-иммигранты: ( Number unknown - Бангладеш , Производство: Вся категория , Men )Темы
Сборы за найм персонала , Запугивание и угрозы , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Доступ к информации , Право на питание , Occupational Health & Safety , Heat exposure , Доступ к лекарствам , Ограничение свободы выражения , Психическое здоровье , Restricted mobility , Ограничение свободы объединений (см. труд: В общем)Ответ
Response sought: Yes, by Transparentem
External link to response: (Find out more)
Принятые меры: 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.
Вид источника: NGO
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Date Reported: 19 Дек 2023
Местонахождение: Маврикий
Компании
J. Barbour and Sons Ltd. - Buyer , Giorgio Armani - Buyer , REAL Garments - Employer , Diesel - Buyer , Foxcroft - Buyer , Rodd & Gunn - Buyer , PVH (Phillips-Van Heusen) - BuyerЗатронуто
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Мигранты и рабочие-иммигранты: ( Number unknown - Бангладеш , Производство: Вся категория , Men )Темы
Сборы за найм персонала , Запугивание и угрозы , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Ограничение свободы выражения , Poverty Wages , Work & ConditionsОтвет
Response sought: Yes, by Transparentem
External link to response: (Find out more)
Принятые меры: 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.
Вид источника: NGO
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Date Reported: 19 Дек 2023
Местонахождение: Маврикий
Компании
Firemount - Employer , Rodd & Gunn - Buyer , Boardriders - Buyer , Boden - Buyer , Foschini - Buyer , WE Fashion - Buyer , Kontoor Brands - Buyer , John Lewis (part of John Lewis Partnership) - BuyerЗатронуто
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Мигранты и рабочие-иммигранты: ( Number unknown - Бангладеш , Производство: Вся категория , Gender not reported )Темы
Право на питание , Сборы за найм персонала , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Запугивание и угрозы , Personal Health , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Ограничение свободы выражения , Occupational Health & Safety , Heat exposureОтвет
Response sought: Yes, by Transparentem
External link to response: (Find out more)
Принятые меры: 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.
Вид источника: NGO
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Date Reported: 19 Дек 2023
Местонахождение: Маврикий
Компании
Aquarelle Clothing - Employer , Foschini - Buyer , PVH (Phillips-Van Heusen) - Buyer , Rodd & Gunn - BuyerЗатронуто
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Мигранты и рабочие-иммигранты: ( Number unknown - Бангладеш , Одежда и текстиль , Gender not reported )Темы
Сборы за найм персоналаОтвет
Response sought: Yes, by Transparentem
External link to response: (Find out more)
Принятые меры: 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.
Вид источника: 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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