Herausgeber_in: Workers Rights Consortium
Autor_innen: Penelope Kyritsis, Genevieve LeBaron and Scott Nova
Schlagwörter: Arbeitsbedingungen, Armut, Asien, COVID-19, Corona, Einkaufspraktiken, Gender, Lohn, Lebensstandard, Lebensverhältnisse, Unternehmensverantwortung
Zielgruppe: Erwachsene, Student_innen
Kurzbeschreibung:
This research report presents the findings of a survey of 396 garment workers across 158 factories in nine countries, undertaken between August and September 2020. It presents new data about how garment workers’ food security—and linked dynamics of employment status and income—has deteriorated amidst the pandemic. Workers from our sample reported making clothes for over 100 apparel brands and retailers; the brands and retailers that were identified by survey respondents with the most frequency were: adidas, Gap, H&M, Nike, The Children’s Place, PVH, Gildan, Walmart, JCPenney, and Express.
Our data reveal an alarming pattern: garment workers’ declining incomes are leading to widespread hunger among workers and their families, as they are increasingly unable to obtain adequate food and nutrition. These dynamics are a direct result of apparel brands’ responses to the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as the long-term trend of low wages for garment workers in brands’ supply chains, which has left workers unprotected.
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Umfang: 20 Seiten
Sprache: Englisch
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