Lilian Got Her Job Back in Gildan!

The Honduras Solidarity Network (HSN) is happy to report that Canada-based apparel company Gildan caved to the pressure and Lilian Castillo was given her job back today!!

After three long years of battling the Honduran courts, unemployment, and serious financial difficulties related to the high costs of the medical treatment for her worked-related injury, Lilian will now be given a job inside the factory that doesn’t involve demanding work paces and repetitive movements on the assembly lines. She will now be able to get her 15 and 17 year old son and daughter back into high school (they were pulled out b/c of Lilian’s financial situation) and Lilian will now have medical benefits that will cover a lot of the treatment she needs for her musculoskeletal disorder.

Photo caption: Lilian Castillo after being reinstated outside the gates of Gildan's 'San Miguel' factory in Choloma. Women workers behind her inside the gates show their solidarity on their lunch break. Photo by CODEMUH

Photo caption: VICTORY!!! Other maquila workers organized in CODEMUH along with Lilian (middle) after the victory today outside Gildan's factories. Solidarity with CODEMUH! Photo by: CODEMUH

CODEMUH and Lilian are super proud! On goes the struggle for other men and women just like Lilian that have been fired or laid off b/c of their health injuries developed from the poor working conditions and repetitive movements inside Russell Brand (US), Hanes (US), and Gildan (Canadian) factories.

Thank you for your tweets and letters of solidarity!!!