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What’s Going On in Xinjiang and How It Impacts Fashion
Country: China
Issues: Forced Labor
Are your favourite fashion brands using forced labour?
Country: China
Issues: Forced Labor
New US Government Advisory on Xinjiang
Country: China
Issues: Forced Labor
July 13, 2021 Dear Colleagues, The US government today issued a new “Xinjiang Supply Chain Business Advisory“. As you know, US customs authorities have already banned the import of any apparel containing cotton from Xinjiang because of widespread forced labor. The sobering content of this new guidance to businesses underscores the large and growing risk to any…
China’s cotton trade: Boycotts give hope to Uighurs but companies take a hit
Country: China
Issues: Forced Labor
Victoria’s Secret Falls Short on Gender Equality Despite Rebranding Move
Country: China
Issues: Forced Labor
Industry response to pandemic fuels forced labour risk
Country: Ethiopia, Honduras, India, Myanmar
Issues: Covid-19, Forced Labor
Industrie du vêtement La détresse des travailleurs exacerbée par la pandémie
Country: Ethiopia, Honduras, India, Myanmar
Issues: Covid-19, Forced Labor
Pandemic Has Increased Risk of Forced Labour in Garment Industry, Study Finds
Country: Ethiopia, Honduras, India, Myanmar
Issues: Covid-19, Forced Labor
The Unequal Impacts of Covid-19 on Global Garment Supply Chains
Country: Ethiopia, Honduras, India, Myanmar
Issues: Covid-19, Forced Labor
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
Country: Ethiopia, Honduras, India, Myanmar
Issues: Covid-19, Forced Labor