LAW 533 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: American Apparel, Independent Business, List Of Universities In Canada
13 Feb 2018
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Their headquarters is in montreal and they are known for making cheap t-shirts. Issues: unfair labour (low wages, discrimination against pregnant women, no severance) Saa800 third party standard; auditors come in and make sure employers are meeting certain criteria. There was a canadian based ngo that continued to work with some of these workers located in wealthy countries. Contract relationship between gildan and suppliers: gildan is now threatening to sue defamation. 8-5: gilda(cid:374) (cid:271)egi(cid:374)s to e(cid:374)gage i(cid:374) (cid:272)o(cid:374)stru(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e . i(cid:374) atte(cid:373)pt to resol(cid:448)e outsta(cid:374)di(cid:374)g issues . Strategic csr advantage to say they are made in the usa. Russell athletic: headquarters: us, allegations and by who: Products are made in developing countries: mckea solidarity network (msn) has sent out a letter to canadian universities saying that russell is doing certain bad things in certain developing countries. Public universities have codes of conducts in place that say they are adhering to good labour practices.
