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NGOs say garment factories must not be exempt from lockdowns
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Issues: Covid-19
Call to protect garment workers from COVID
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Issues: Covid-19, Health & Safety Violations
RMG factories owe $844m in wages to workers
Country: Bangladesh
Issues: Covid-19
More hours, less money: Garment workers hit by COVID-19 rights rollback
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Issues: Covid-19, Wage Theft
Brands Face New Pressure on Labour Rights
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Issues: Covid-19, Wage Theft
Major brands didn’t ensure proper payment of RMG workers in Bangladesh, other countries during pandemic: report
Country: Bangladesh
Issues: Covid-19, Wage Theft
Report: Major buyers failed to ensure workers’ wages amid pandemic
Country: Bangladesh
Issues: Covid-19, Wage Theft
‘Wage theft’ in Primark, Nike and H&M supply chain – report
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Issues: Covid-19, Wage Theft
K.P. Textil
Country: Guatemala
Issues: Covid-19, Health & Safety Violations
The WRC investigated a May 2020 outbreak of Covid-19 at K.P. Textil that resulted in one-third of the factory’s employees contracting the virus and, unfortunately, led to the death of one worker. Following the WRC’s engagement with factory buyers AEO Inc. and Gap, Inc., these buyers confirmed that factory management took appropriate remedial action with…
Bangladeshi and Sri Lankan Unions Call for Health and Safety Protections for Garment Workers
Country: Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
Issues: Covid-19, Health & Safety Violations
The Covid 19 pandemic has posed new health and safety risks for garment workers in factories around the world. In addition to the dangers workers already faced from excessive temperatures, unsafe machinery, and factory fires, workers now must also now contend with the spread of a potentially deadly respiratory virus in factories where, too often,…