Bangladesh: Social Audits Shortchange Workers

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Labor Day protest organized by the National Garment Workers Federation for a higher minimum wage and the right to organize, Dhaka, Bangladesh, May 1, 2023. © 2023 National Garment Workers Federation (London) – The social audits and certifications that brands and retailers use are totally inadequate to monitor and respond to threats to workers trying to organize independent unions, Human Rights Watch said today in releasing an analysis of standard social audit reports of garment factories in Bangladesh. Most audit reports either barely addressed the issue of freedom…

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