Resources
COVID-19 and the Garment Industry
- Garment workers seen losing up to $5.8 billion in wages during coronavirus. Reuters, August 10, 2020.
- Leveraging Desperation: Apparel Brands’ Purchasing Practices during Covid-19
- Unpaid Billions: Trade Data Show Apparel Order Volume and Prices Plummeted through June, Driven by Brands’ Refusal to Pay for Goods They Asked Suppliers to Make
- Farce majeure: How global apparel brands are using the COVID-19 pandemic to stiff suppliers and abandon workers
- Un(der)paid in the Pandemic
- Abandoned? The Impact of Covid-19 on Workers and Businesses at the Bottom of Global Garment Supply Chains
- Who will bail out the workers who make our clothes
- ‘Thrown to the wolves’: how Covid-19 laws are being used to silence garment workers. The Guardian, October 26, 2020
- Fashion companies have canceled or refused to pay for $16.2 billion of orders during the pandemic, costing textile workers $1.6 billion in wages, a report found. Business Insider, October 9, 2020.
The Failure of Voluntary Programs and the Need for Enforceable Brand Agreements
- Not fit for purpose
- Figleaf for Fashion report
- The Factory Oversight Industry Protects Profits, Not People. The Nation, April 23, 2020.
- Future of Fashion: Worker-Led Strategies
- Fashioning Justice for Bangladesh. The American Prospect, August 13, 2013.
- Certification ≠ Enforcement