Sweatshop Initiative

In a significant victory for maquila workers, workers won a collective bargaining agreement on August 12 at a large textile manufacturing facility in the Dominican Republic owned by Hanesbrands, Inc.

The Worker Rights Consortium released a new report in early July, showing that a PRI-affiliated organization, Anotorcha Campesina, carried out violence against the local union at the Mexmode factory i

In this season's review of maquila struggles in Central America, workers face more factory closings, continue to push for negotiations, and fight against economic hardship.

Despite being forced to cast their ballots in public in front of hostile managers and threats of closing the plant, a majority of workers voted for an independent union at the Vaqueros Navarra factor

Factory closings and worker rights violations have continued in Central America in recent months. The following summaries highlight a few of the key recent struggles.

Guatemala