Clothing · 1500+ locations · 96 countries, including Spain, the US, and China
Zara's parent Inditex is majority-controlled by founder Amancio Ortega's family and remains a rare fast-fashion Accord signatory protecting garment workers. But French and Canadian watchdogs have each examined its supply chain over alleged ties to forced Uyghur labor, and Inditex settled a $1.25 million overtime lawsuit covering 479 US workers in 2024.
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Zara's parent Inditex is controlled by founder Amancio Ortega's family rather than outside investors, and is one of the few fast-fashion companies still honoring the binding Bangladesh factory-safety Accord it signed after Rana Plaza. But that record sits alongside a 2024 overtime-pay settlement covering 479 US workers and unresolved allegations, examined by French and Canadian watchdogs with mixed outcomes, that its supply chain sources from Uyghur forced labor. The company answers to the Ortega family, but its scale means responsibility here runs through a sprawling global supply chain, not a single storefront.
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