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The Worker Rights Consortium (WRC) is an independent labor rights monitoring organization focused on protecting the rights of workers who sew apparel and make other products sold in the United States, particularly those bearing college or university logos.
United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS) is a student organization founded in 1998 with chapters at over 250 colleges and universities in the United States and Canada.In April 2000, USAS founded the Worker Rights Consortium (WRC), an independent monitoring organization that investigates labor conditions in factories that produce collegiate apparel all over the world.
Ozak Tekstil also produces clothing in its other factories in Turkey for brands such as Zara, Hugo Boss, Guess, Mango and Ralph Lauren, according to the report by the Worker Rights Consortium (WRC ...
The Designated Suppliers Program (DSP) is a procurement standard proposed by the Worker Rights Consortium and United Students Against Sweatshops.The program was designed to promote the use by US universities of suppliers that make use of a defined set of fair labor practices. [1]
When the University of Oregon joined the Worker Rights Consortium (WRC), Knight revoked his donation because Nike has blocked the WRC from inspecting its factories. The Fair Labor Association (which was co-founded by Nike in the 1980s) is supported by Nike and the United States government, while the Workers Rights Consortium is not. [27]
In the meantime WAAKE-UP! was busy circulating a petition among students demanding that the University of Colorado join the Worker Rights Consortium (gathering over 2000 signatures) and on April 10, 2000, and built a shantytown in the Norlin Quadrangle on the CU-Boulder campus to draw attention to their campaign and gain visibility during the ...
Hanesbrands and Gildan Activewear were implicated in a Worker Rights Consortium (WRC) report in March 2024 for failing to pay wages to employees at a Central American factory. The report highlights that Central American garment workers, who manufactured products for these companies, were illegally deprived of $2 million in compensation since ...
From 2011, UEA students, including many members of the student society People & Planet organised an anti-sweatshop campaign, calling on the university to affiliate to the Worker Rights Consortium. After a three-year campaign, including mass petitioning, banner drops and a mass nearly naked protest, the university agreed to affiliate to the WRC ...