WELCOME TO THE ARCHIVE (1994-2014) OF THE MAQUILA SOLIDARITY NETWORK. For current information on our ongoing work on the living wage, women's labour rights, freedom of association, corporate accountability and Bangladesh fire and safety, please visit our new website, launched in October, 2015: www.maquilasolidarity.org
In this issue:
Nike agrees to compensate workers abandoned in Honduran factory closures; What's behind the strikes and suicides in China?; Women at the forefront: Mexico labour activist Blanca Velasquez speaks about the need for women's leadership; Success and retaliation at Johnson Controls; Bangladesh: Situation still desperate at 21 cents an hour; Ground-breaking factory pays workers a living wage.
Download Update 15.2 here.
In this issue:
After the devastation, what lies ahead for Haiti’s garment industry?; Nicaraguan women demand decent work; Honduran workers expect more from Nike after two more irresponsible closures; Evangelina Argueta speaks about her life as a union organizer in Honduras; A New Day for unjustly fired Jerzees de Honduras workers; Fire exposes the underside of the Bangladesh clothing boom
Download Update 15.1 here.
In this issue:
Historic victory: Jerzees de Honduras workers win break-through agreement; Honduras in crisis: The untold story of a rising popular movement; Asia Floor Wage Campaign explores new strategy to achieve decent wages; Mexico's double standard: Government busts independent power workers' union while fraudulent protection unions multiply; Korean women's union celebrates ten years of action and progress. A Nicaraguan women's leader joins them to reflect on lessons learned; Made in China: That's all HBC is telling us about its Vancouver 2010 Olympic wear
Download Update 14.3 here.
In this issue:
Myth of Mexican workers stealing our jobs debunked; DR-CAFTA labour projects 'valid, but insufficient”; Pressure builds to end forced child labour in Uzbek cotton fields; Crisis presents opportunity for worker organizing in the Philippines; Cornered Russell lashes out at labour critics; Chong Won and Phils Jeon factory workers forced into hiding; Johnson Controls fails to act on worker complaints.
Download Update 14.2 here.
In this issue:
Bangladeshi workers and labour rights advocates arrested under emergency laws; Factory investigation confirms Catholic students’ sweatshop fears; Play Fair activists set targets for better working conditions by next Olympic Games.
Also: Vaqueros Navarra workers fight blacklisting, struggle for severance pay; 45 hour student sit-in wins No Sweat licensing policy at York University; Montreal garment workers fight factory closure; Cambodian union enters fifth month on strike; Ontario First Nations leaders jailed for peaceful protest.
Download Update 13.2 here.
In this issue:
Grupo Navarra closes factory to punish workers for joining union; New initiatives in El Salvador for former Hermosa workers; Burger King rejects a living wage mechanism; Legal action in Indian courts; WRC clarifies apparel company's record; Savage attack of worker advocate in China; Union members reinstated in Honduras.
Download Update 13.1 here.
In this issue:
Denim workers fight for democratic union; Gildan makes good on promises to laid-off Mexican workers; Will Hermosa workers achieve justice?; No medal for the Olympics on Labour Rights; Ontario school boards collaborate to enforce No Sweat policies; Brands speak out on violence against Chong Won strikers.
Download Update Vol. 12.2 here.
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