Publications

Response to Brandix AFWA GLJ-ILRF - April 21 2022

Publication Date: 

April 22, 2022

Asia Floor Wage Alliance (AFWA) and Global Labor Justice - International Labor Rights Forum (GLJ-ILRF) hope that Brandix Lanka will follow the recommendations made in our recent April 2022 report, Voices from the Field: Reprisals and Repression of Garment Worker Unions and Workers Organizations During COVID-19 in Sri Lanka, including to respect freedom of association a

Comments Concerning the Ranking of Thailand by the United States Department of State in the 2022 Trafficking in Persons Report

Publication Date: 

April 22, 2022

This report contains the comments of the Seafood Working Group (SWG) concerning the Government of Thailand’s ranking in the United States Department of State’s 2022 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report.1 The TIP Report is a requirement of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA). In 2021, the U.S.

Report: Reprisals and Repression of Garment Worker Unions and Workers Organizations During COVID-19 in Sri Lanka

Image of Sri Lankan Textile Worker Juxtaposed with Coronavirus

Publication Date: 

April 11, 2022

Based on interviews with unions, workers’ rights organizations and garment workers, this report shows that Sri Lanka’s largest garment manufacturer Brandix Lanka (Brandix) violated government COVID-19 guidelines in the days before a superspreader COVID-19 outbreak in 2020 at one of its factories. Additionally, this report reveals that both Brandix and the Sri Lankan government police and military escalated the repression of Sri Lankan unions and workers’ organizations working on the case.

Comments Concerning the Ranking of Thailand by the United States Department of State in the 2021 Trafficking in Persons Report Comments

Publication Date: 

April 1, 2021

This document contains the Seafood Working Group (SWG)’s comments concerning Thailand’s ranking in the United States Department of State’s upcoming 2021 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report.

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