Demand Amazon Pay Hulu Garment workers

At the peak of the pandemic, 1020 workers from Amazon supplier Hulu Garment in Cambodia were denied $3.6 million in legally-owed severance after their factory shut its doors without notice. 2 years on these women are still waiting for justice. Amazon must act.

Scammed from their rights

Hulu Garment suspended its entire workforce of 1,020 workers at the start of the pandemic in March 2020 when everything stopped. After months of waiting, workers were called to come in and sign a document with a thumbprint in order to receive their final wages. Workers signed, without realising that a sentence was hidden underneath their final payslip that was paper-clipped to the top of the document, saying that they were voluntarily resigning from their roles. Through this trick, Hulu Garment withheld $3.6 million in severance pay owed to the workers. Workers were effectively fired then robbed.

“I have two children and elderly parents depending on me. I had to reduce my daily expenses by 50% and pull my children out of school.”

Yi Sokunthea, who had worked at Hulu Garment for 15 years, lost her job when the factory closed and is still waiting for her legally-owed pay out.

Many of these workers have families that depend on them. Brands at the top of supply chains have a duty to act. It is not okay that the most vulnerable in supply chains should have to pay the cost. 2 years on workers are still seeking justice. It is critical that Amazon takes action.

SIGN AND SHARE NOW TO CALL ON AMAZON TO PAY CAMBODIAN WORKERS

FAO Laura Rundlet, Amazon Sustainability

Dear Amazon,

Workers from the closed Hulu Garment factory in Cambodia – a former Amazon supplier – are owed $3.6 million after their factory closed its doors and failed to pay workers their full dismissal sum.

As a buyer at the factory, you have a duty to ensure that workers’ rights are respected in the production of your goods. The Cambodian labour law is clear that severance that is owed to workers if a factory closes down, and the full amount has not been paid to workers at Hulu Garments.

The cost of the pandemic order disruption should not be transferred on to workers making Amazon products just because they are at the end of the value chain. I am calling on Amazon to act.

Amazon has a human rights duty to intervene, and remedy rights violations in the making of your goods. Amazon must ensure workers are refunded the full amount owed to them, either through pressuring the supplier company or supporting the payment. 
 
Please let me know what you plan to do about this issue.

Yours Sincerely,
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