“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
地点: 毛里求斯
企业
G-Star Raw - Buyer , ASOS - Buyer , Kontoor Brands - Buyer , DDI - Employer , Centric Brands - Buyer , Diesel - Buyer , Foschini - Buyer , Giorgio Armani - Buyer , Western Glove Works - Buyer受影响的
受影响的总人数: 数字未知
外劳和移民工人: ( 数字未知 - 孟加拉国 , 制造业：综合 , Men )议题
招聘费 , 恐吓和威胁 , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , 信息获取 , 食物权 , Occupational Health & Safety , Heat exposure , 药物可及性 , 剥夺言论自由 , 心理健康 , Restricted mobility , 结社自由回应
已邀请回应：是，由Transparentem
回应的外部链接： (查看更多)
后续行动: 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.
信息来源: NGO
摘要
日期: 2023年12月19日
地点: 毛里求斯
企业
J. Barbour and Sons Ltd. - Buyer , Giorgio Armani - Buyer , REAL Garments - Employer , Diesel - Buyer , Foxcroft - Buyer , Rodd & Gunn - Buyer , PVH (Phillips-Van Heusen) - Buyer受影响的
受影响的总人数: 数字未知
外劳和移民工人: ( 数字未知 - 孟加拉国 , 制造业：综合 , Men )议题
招聘费 , 恐吓和威胁 , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , 剥夺言论自由 , Poverty Wages , Work & Conditions回应
已邀请回应：是，由Transparentem
回应的外部链接： (查看更多)
后续行动: 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.
信息来源: NGO
摘要
日期: 2023年12月19日
地点: 毛里求斯
企业
Firemount - Employer , Rodd & Gunn - Buyer , Boardriders - Buyer , Boden - Buyer , Foschini - Buyer , WE Fashion - Buyer , Kontoor Brands - Buyer , John Lewis (part of John Lewis Partnership) - Buyer受影响的
受影响的总人数: 数字未知
外劳和移民工人: ( 数字未知 - 孟加拉国 , 制造业：综合 , Gender not reported )议题
食物权 , 招聘费 , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , 恐吓和威胁 , Personal Health , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , 剥夺言论自由 , Occupational Health & Safety , Heat exposure回应
已邀请回应：是，由Transparentem
回应的外部链接： (查看更多)
后续行动: 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.
信息来源: NGO
摘要
日期: 2023年12月19日
地点: 毛里求斯
企业
Aquarelle Clothing - Employer , Foschini - Buyer , PVH (Phillips-Van Heusen) - Buyer , Rodd & Gunn - Buyer受影响的
受影响的总人数: 数字未知
外劳和移民工人: ( 数字未知 - 孟加拉国 , 衣服和纺织品 , Gender not reported )议题
招聘费回应
已邀请回应：是，由Transparentem
回应的外部链接： (查看更多)
后续行动: 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.
信息来源: 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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