Thai Workers Win Historic $8.3 Million in Back Pay, Financed by Victoria’s Secret

May 25, 2022 00:05:44
Thai Workers Win Historic $8.3 Million in Back Pay, Financed by Victoria’s Secret
Solidarity Center
Thai Workers Win Historic $8.3 Million in Back Pay, Financed by Victoria’s Secret

May 25 2022 | 00:05:44

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Show Notes

  Agreement, the Largest Wage-Theft Settlement at a Garment Factory, Follows Year-Long Advocacy by International Labor Rights Advocates The Solidarity Center and the Worker Rights Consortium (WRC) announced today that more than 1,250 Thai workers who sewed bras for Victoria’s Secret, Lane Bryant, and Torrid—and who were fired in 2021 without their legally mandated severance—have […]

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