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The Unequal Impacts of Covid-19 on Global Garment Supply Chains
Published: June 21, 2021
This report documents deteriorating living and working conditions for workers in garment supply chains, including a surge in vulnerability to forced labour, amidst the Covid-19 pandemic.
We find that garment workers’ labour and living conditions have severely worsened during the pandemic and workers are experiencing severe economic hardship and labour abuse. Across all four of our case study countries, workers have experienced sharp declines in earnings and working conditions, including increased vulnerability to key indicators of forced labour. These dynamics are evident for workers who have remained in the same jobs with no change in their employment status, as well for those who have had their contracts terminated amidst the pandemic and found new jobs; which have often involved worse working conditions and lower pay compared to their pre-pandemic employment. These patterns varied across case study country; individual level factors such as age, gender, race and ethnicity, union affiliation, migration and employment status; and commercial dynamics in supply chains.
Forced labour risks increase for garment workers
Published: June 21, 2021
Research spotlights forced labour concerns
Published: June 21, 2021
Risk of forced labour in clothing industry rises due to pandemic and industry response
Published: June 21, 2021
Garment Workers Face Mounting Forced Labor Risks
Published: June 21, 2021
1000+ Interviews Reveal Destructive Brand Practices Contributed to Unpaid Earnings, Threats and Abuse, Skyrocketing Debt, and a Dangerous Lack of PPE New research by the University of Sheffield and the Worker Rights Consortium finds that declining income and working conditions for workers in garment supply chains amid the Covid-19 pandemic has increased workers’ vulnerability to…
Hanging by a thread
Published: June 20, 2021
Report says soldiers shot three dead at Myanmar factory making US cowboy boots
Published: June 17, 2021
Brands criticised for Myanmar sourcing u-turn
Published: June 4, 2021
Brands accused of putting profits over rights in Myanmar
Published: June 2, 2021
Brands Should Consult Unions before Resuming Sourcing in Myanmar
Published: June 1, 2021
Within the past two weeks, several apparel brands that put a pause on sourcing from Myanmar in response to February’s military coup in the country resumed their sourcing, drawn by cheap prices for apparel and a labor movement constrained by arbitrary arrests and violent suppression from the police and military. Despite the military’s unwillingness to…