More than 1,000 sacked Thai garment workers who made bras at a factory supplying lingerie firm Victoria’s Secret have received a landmark $8.3m settlement, labour rights activists have said.
Brilliant Alliance Thai closed down its Samut Prakan factory in March 2021 after going bankrupt.
The 1,250 laid-off workers – many of who had worked at the factory for more than a decade – did not receive severance payouts mandated under Thai law. A workers’ rights group also claimed that some workers received the equivalent of more than four years’ wages under the settlement.
The factory also produced underwear for plus-size American brands Lane Bryant and Torrid, owned by Sycamore Partners – but only Victoria’s Secret contributed to the settlement via a loan arrangement with the factory’s owners.
Victoria’s Secret confirmed in a statement that an agreement had been reached, but…
