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Wal-Mart archive
 March
2003, Support
Kenyan Garment Workers
The Tailors and Textile Union and the Kenyan
Human Rights Commission (KHRC) is requesting
action in a case involving approximately
9,200 Kenyan garment workers, producing
for a number of major international brands,
who were fired after going on strike in
January to demand better working conditions.
The workers, employed at seven factories
in Kenya's export processing zones, were
producing for brands including Wal-Mart,
Sears, and Target.
Feb 2003, 'Runaway'
employer at Thailand's Par Garments
Please find here a request for action in
the case of 149 Thai garment factory workers
who have been left without jobs and no compensation,
and salary and overtime unpaid after their
workplace was suddenly shut down in December.
Par Garment, located near Bangkok, produced
garments for such international brands as
Gap, Wal-Mart, Nike, and Tommy Hilfiger.
Jan 2003, Serious
worker rights violations in 21 factories
producing for Wal-Mart in Lesotho
The Lesotho Clothing and Allied Workers
Union (LECAWU) has released information
on serious worker rights violations in 21
factories producing for Wal-Mart in this
small Southern African country.
Oct 2000, Inside
a Chinese Sweatshop: "A Life of Fines
and Beating"
Wal-Mart's self-policing in the Chun Si
factory was a disaster. What kind of monitoring
system works?
Feb 2000, Request
to take action, Union-busting in Nicaragua's
free trade zone
Hereby a request to take action about mass
firings in the factories Jem III and Mil
Colores. They produce for Wal-MArt and Arizona
Jeans
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