{"id":273408,"date":"2019-04-16T13:03:45","date_gmt":"2019-04-16T17:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.google.com\/articles\/CAIiEFyhiNm1cCXVMBOe53T5yGsqFggEKg4IACoGCAowpa8mMJL_BTCxtQY?oc=5"},"modified":"2026-09-12T11:22:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T15:22:43","slug":"tommy-hilfiger-and-calvin-klein-probed-labor-abuses-in-ethiopian-factories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/273408","title":{"rendered":"Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein probed labor abuses in Ethiopian factories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fashion conglomerate PVH, owner of Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein, said in April 2019 it would investigate reports of <strong>labor abuses<\/strong> in Ethiopian factories producing clothes for its brands.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-423532\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Textile-and-garment-workers-in-Hawassa-industrial-Park.jpg?fit=500%2C333&ssl=1\" alt=\"Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein probed labor abuses in Ethiopian factories\" \/><\/p>\n<p>AllAfrica and partner coverage summarized claims that workers making high-street garments faced harsh conditions in industrial parks sold to the world as Ethiopia\u2019s manufacturing leap. The probe announcement came as global brands faced pressure over sourcing from low-wage African hubs.<\/p>\n<p>For Ethiopian readers, the story was never only about foreign logos. It was about whether industrial-park jobs delivered dignity and wages, or whether the Ethiopian government traded worker protections for export numbers and foreign exchange.<\/p>\n<p>The garment-labor file remains a standing check on the \u201cAfrica\u2019s next manufacturing base\u201d pitch. When brands probe and then move on, the workers stay. That is why the 2019 investigation still belongs in a labor and governance archive.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201904170869.html\">AllAfrica<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.business-humanrights.org\/\">Business & Human Rights Resource Centre<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ethiopia: Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein Probe &#8216;Labour Abuses&#8217; in Ethiopian Factories&nbsp;&nbsp;AllAfrica &#8211; Top Africa NewsFashion giant PVH, which owns Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein, said it will investigate reports that Ethiopian workers who make&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":423532,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-273408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ethiopian-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Textile-and-garment-workers-in-Hawassa-industrial-Park.jpg?fit=500%2C333&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-197O","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273408"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":600840,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273408\/revisions\/600840"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}