SAN SALVADOR – US apparel company Hanesbrands and Californian cycling giant Specialized are being urged to compensate garment workers in El Salvador who are still owed $659,000 in unpaid wages and severance a year and a half after losing their jobs.
According to an investigation by the Worker Rights Consortium (WRC), a total of 831 workers lost their jobs after the APS El Salvador factory in the country’s capital city of San Salvador shut down in August 2022.
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