Worker Rights Consortium

We are pleased to report that Lucky Brand has made a humanitarian contribution of $500,000 to assist garment workers at the Industrial Hana factory in Guatemala, which was, prior to its closure, a subcontractor for one of Lucky Brand’s direct apparel suppliers.

The Industrial Hana factory closed in October 2023, without paying approximately $1.5 million in legally due severance to its 246 former employees.

Prior to obtaining Lucky Brand’s commitment of funds to assist the Guatemalan workers, the WRC secured and distributed contributions to the factory’s former employees totaling $1,000,000, from two other brands whose apparel was also made at the factory, American Eagle Outfitters (AEO) and Puma. The impact on workers of the factory’s failure to pay their legally due severance, and the facility’s subcontracted production for Lucky Brand—a subsidiary of Catalyst Brands, whose principal owners include Authentic Brands Group and Shein—were also reported by the US NGO Partners for Dignity & Rights (formerly NESRI) on multiple episodes of the podcast, Art of Citizenry.

The funds contributed by Lucky Brand will be distributed to the Industrial Hana workers next month.

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