Canada’s Gildan Activewear must accommodate their injured workers!
URGENT ACTION in honduras
Support CoDev's partner, the Honduran Women's Collective (CODEMUH), and join us in urging Gildan Activewear Inc. to transfer the 69 injured workers from the closed Gildan San Miguel factory to other Gildan factories in Honduras. These workers refused to sign an unjust termination letter as the last resource, demanding the company allocate them to another regional factory.
On June 21, 2023, Gildan San Miguel, S.A. announced the factory's closure. This announcement came only months after the Supreme Court of Justice of Honduras issued a ruling in favour of the five Gildan San Miguel, S.A. workers, all women with occupational illnesses or injuries, who had been unjustly dismissed by Gildan San Miguel, S.A. in 2017. The Supreme Court's ruling ordered the workers' immediate reinstatement under better labour conditions.
The factory was closed on September 7, 2023, after a process that skipped the labour law, further violating injured workers' Human Rights.
You can read the full story of the campaign and understand the case by clicking here.
“Maquilas Close and Open Without Control by the Authorities, Playing with the Lives of Working Women.”
Watch the testimonials of Dora Zepeda, an injured worker fired from Gildan, and Maria Luisa Regalado, Director of The Honduran Women's Collective (CODEMUH):
Watch the support testimonials of Roger Boudreau, the vice president of CUPE 2815 (Quebec), and TulsaValin-Landry, the Communications vice president of SCFP/CUPE (Quebec):
HOW TO HELP?
1. Post on social media to express your solidarity with the sixty-nine injured workers who refused to sign the unjust termination letter of Gildan.
Post on your social media photos with the hashtag #Workyesbutwithdignity #Empleosiperocondignidad and tag @gildan , @codemuh, and @codevcanada.
CoDevelopment Canada Team, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, June 30, 2023
2. Write to Gildan to express your solidarity with the sixty-nine injured workers who refused to sign the unjust termination letter of Gildan.
SEND TO: communications@gildan.com
Glenn J. Chamandy
President and CEO, Gildan Activewear Inc.
CC: abajaj@gildan.com; emejia@gildan.com; Elizabeth.Williams@international.gc.ca; Mary.Ng@international.gc.ca ; mujeresfem@codemuh.hn
Arun Bajaj
Executive Vice-President, Chief Human Resources Officer & Legal Affairs, Gildan Activewear Inc.
Edgardo Mejia
Production Manager, Gildan Activewear San Miguel
Ambassador Elizabeth Williams
Ambassador of Canada to Costa Rica, Honduras, and Nicaragua
The Honourable Minister Mary Ng
Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development
Honduran Women’s Collective