Out of Step: How Skechers Hurts Its California Supply Chain Workers

This report examines the working conditions at two of Skechers’ contractors in Southern California: Green Fleet Systems and Olivet International. Green Fleet Systems is Skechers’ primary port trucking contractor. Each year, Green Fleet’s truck drivers move thousands of shipping containers filled with millions of dollars worth of Skechers shoes from the Los Angeles ports to Skechers’ main distribution center in Moreno Valley. The second supplier, Olivet International, distributes Skechers’ branded luggage and bags from its own warehouse in Riverside County to retail stores across the country. The report’s findings, based on public records research and extensive interviews with current and former workers, are disturbing. In its own backyard, Skechers contracts with companies that misclassify workers as “independent contractors,” engage in illegal wage practices, expose workers to unsafe working conditions, and retaliate against workers who speak out against these practices.