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Bay Island Honduras

Publication date: 
Wednesday, July 24, 2019
Report type: 
Investigation
The FLA engaged the independent experts who conducted this Safeguards investigation at the request of FLA-affiliated companies Fanatics and adidas as well as adidas licensee Streetwear, Inc. and The Walt Disney Company.

CRESCENT KONFEKSİYON ÜRÜNLERİ PAZARLAMA SAN DIŞ TİC. A.S./TURKEY

Publication date: 
Thursday, May 9, 2019
Report type: 
Investigation
The FLA administered a Special Independent Investigation, consistent with its established Safeguards procedures, regarding allegations of violation of freedom of association rights of the workers in Crescent Konfeksiyon Ürünleri Pazarlama San. Dış Tic. A.Ş., which produces coats, jackets and trousers for men; and shorts, coats, jackets, skirts, trousers, shirts, and blouses for women.

New Holland Nica, Nicaragua

Publication date: 
Monday, November 7, 2016
Report type: 
Investigation
In November 2015, affiliated companies adidas-Group and Under Armour requested that the FLA engage an independent expert to examine freedom of association-related issues at the factory New Holland Nica (also known as New Holland Apparel S.A.), located in the Zona Franca Astro, Managua, Nicaragua.

Independent Verification of Remediation at Style Avenue in El Salvador

Publication date: 
Tuesday, August 4, 2015
Report type: 
Investigation
In early 2015, at the request of affiliated companies Outerstuff and College Kids, the FLA engaged labor rights expert Katya Castillo to conduct a special investigation of the labor rights situation at the Style Avenue factory in El Salvador. The new verification exercise found improvement in the establishment of regular work-week hours and holidays, but found incomplete remediation actions related to: freedom of association, harassment or abuse, high temperatures inside the factory, and other issues.

Syngenta Procurement Prices in India

Publication date: 
Monday, July 20, 2015
Report type: 
Investigation
In December of 2014, DanWatch, a Danish civil society organization that monitors the corporate social responsibility behavior of multinational companies, released the documentary “Seeds of Debt.” The documentary reported instances of exploitative high-interest money lending to farmers in rural Andhra Pradesh, India – a systemic problem in the agriculture sector – and featured testimony from farmers producing seeds for Syngenta, an affiliate of the Fair Labor Association (FLA).

Orma Tekstil Independent Freedom of Association Investigation

Publication date: 
Friday, March 27, 2015
Report type: 
Investigation
On July 14, 2014, Participating Company H&M requested that the Fair Labor Association (FLA) commission an independent investigation into allegations regarding Freedom of Association (FOA) violations at three supplier facilities in Turkey owned by Orma Tekstil, one in Duzce and two in Istanbul.

Texops factory in El Salvador

Publication date: 
Thursday, March 20, 2014
Report type: 
Investigation
On May 10, 2013, FLA commissioned Comisión para la Verificación de Códigos de Conducta (COVERCO) to investigate allegations by the union Sindicato de Trabajadoras, Trabajadores, Sastres, Costureras y Similares (SITRASACOSI) that workers' freedom of association had been violated at the Textiles Opico, S.A de C.V. (TEXOPS) factory in El Salvador.

Tecnotex factory in Nicaragua

Publication date: 
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Report type: 
Investigation
On March 20, 2013, FLA commissioned Comisión para la Verificación de Códigos de Conducta (COVERCO) to investigate incidents of violence against workers and allegations that their freedom of association rights had been violated at the Tecnotex factory in Nicaragua.

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