Nike ‘agrees pay out to garment workers’

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Campaigners say settlements to garment workers who lost their jobs in Thailand during the pandemic is among the largest ever awarded in the industry

BANGKOK - A long-running dispute over alleged wage theft at a Thai supplier to Nike has ended with substantial payouts to thousands of workers and a landmark compensation deal for the migrant worker who led resistance to the factory’s practices.
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Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC) says the resolution at Hong Seng Knitting in Bangkok follows nearly five years of pressure over a 2020 scheme that saw around 3,300 mostly migrant workers coerced into signing away legally mandated wages during pandemic furloughs.

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