Dickies
Workwear
Founded in 1922. Owned by the Williamson family until 2017, when it was acquired by VF Corporation, which sold it to Bluestar Alliance in 2025.

Overall

Owned USA
Rating C-
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Company Ownership

Williamson-Dickie Manufacturing Company
USA
Bluestar Alliance LLC
owns 100% of Williamson-Dickie Manufacturing Company
USA
Brand management
Owns, manages, and markets a portfolio of over consumer brands.

Company Assessment

(Last updated Jan 2017)
Williamson-Dickie Manufacturing Company
Information
Sweatshop Hall of Shame 2008
Named in the International Labor Rights Forum's "Sweatshop Hall of Shame 2008", which highlights apparel and textile companies that use sweatshops in their global production. (Listed under information due to age of report)
Sweatshops in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and the Philippines
This 2011 report by the International Textile Garment and Leather Workers' Federation (ITGLWF) examined working conditions in 83 factories in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and the Philippines. Investigations found that widespread violations and abuses of workers' rights continue to be the norm, such as underpaying workers, long hours, forced overtime, and repression of the freedom of association. This company's brands were found to be made in one or more of the 83 factories covered in the research. [Listed under Information due to age of report]
Workers Rights in Pakistan
(Listed under information due to age of report)
Workers rights in Honduras
A 2015 report by the US Labor Department named seven manufacturing factories in Honduras it found to have labor rights violations. The report found that workers in Honduras weren't adequately afforded the right to associate, to organize and bargain collectively; the minimum employment age for the employment of children and prohibition of the worst forms of child labor wasn't properly enforced, nor were acceptable working conditions with respect to minimum wages, hours worked and occupational health and safety. The factories named in the report included Dickies de Honduras, which produces for the Dickies brand, where workers that began organizing a union were reportedly dismissed from their posts. [Listed under Information due to age of report]
Corporate responsibility claims
This company has a number of corporate responsibility claims on its website including a code of conduct.
Modern Slavery statement
California, the UK and Australia have all enacted legislation requiring companies operating within their borders to disclose their efforts to eradicate modern slavery from their operations and supply chains. Follow the link to see this company's disclosure statement.
Bluestar Alliance LLC
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Company Details

Type:
Wholly-owned subsidiary
Founded:
1922

Contact Details

Address:
Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Website:
www.dickies.com

Products / Brands

Dickies / Accent Group (distributor)
Dickies Snow/Skate/Surfwear
Dickies Youth Fashion
Dickies Workwear