Two prominent fashion industry trade groups have penned a letter expressing their “grave alarm” at an upcoming “national security” audit of a Phnom Penh-based labor rights organization that recently threw the spotlight on employer-imposed obstacles to freedom of association in the country’s garment industry.
The timing of the investigation makes it appear that the probe’s “sole purpose” is to retaliate against the Center for Alliance of Labor and Human Rights, better known by its acronym CENTRAL, the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) and the Fair Labor Association (FLA) wrote on behalf of members such as H&M Group, Nike and Zara owner Inditex. As such, the organizations are calling “in the strongest possible terms” for the audit to be dropped.
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