Canadian labour groups have filed a complaint with a federal corporate watchdog saying Canadian Tire failed to ensure workers in its South Asian supplier factories are paid a living wage.
The Canadian Labour Congress and the United Steelworkers Union filed the complaint with the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise on Tuesday, calling on the office to investigate allegations of human rights abuses in the retailer's supply chain.
Canadian Tire said it works to ensure that its suppliers comply with all local laws, including compensation. Workers live in overcrowded housing and struggle to buy food despite working as much as six days a week and 12 hours a day, she said. Marty Warren, Canadian national director of the United Steelworkers Union, said that Canadian Tire's suppliers contravene international human rights standards.
The complaint requests that the federal corporate watchdog"determine the extent of their human rights abuses in the Bangladesh ready-made garment industry" and the company's"failure to ensure workers in their supply chain are paid a living wage."
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