On today's #COVID19 live-blog:
1. Cambodian factory owners' call to suspend the country's minimum wage met criticism by trade unions and civil society organisations.
Read more: cleanclothes.org/covid19 1/
1. Cambodian factory owners' call to suspend the country's minimum wage met criticism by trade unions and civil society organisations.
Read more: cleanclothes.org/covid19 1/
2. At least 24,860 garment workers lost their jobs in #Bangladesh since #Eid. The government repeated its call to refrain from terminations. Over 2m garment workers were fired since the beginning of the pandemic. The Bangladesh Trade Union Centre protested against dismissals. 2/
3. German retailer @Kik_presse has been singled out by the BGMEA as one of the main offenders of breaking contractual obligations, having cancelled goods worth at least $96,000 so far, with textile shipments worth $9.26m being "on hold". 3/
@KiK_presse 4. 1100 workers resigned under pressure or were fired since April as part of cost-control measures at Raymond #India.
5. 75% of home-based workers in Tirupur, #India, were left jobless due to the lockdown. SAVE has extended relief measures to many workers. 4/
5. 75% of home-based workers in Tirupur, #India, were left jobless due to the lockdown. SAVE has extended relief measures to many workers. 4/
@KiK_presse 6. Migrant workers have reported being treated badly during the 14-day mandatory quarantine after arriving in Hong Kong.
7. #Myanmar requested Malaysia's assistance in repatriating undocumented migrant workers as more suicides are reported amongst jobless Myanmar migrants. 5/
7. #Myanmar requested Malaysia's assistance in repatriating undocumented migrant workers as more suicides are reported amongst jobless Myanmar migrants. 5/
@KiK_presse 7. @zara, @MANGO, @com_BESTSELLER & @Primark were invited to respond to the allegations that suppliers Myan Mode, Rui Ning and Huabo Times in #Myanmar use the pandemic to target unionised workers. Unions say that the companies have failed to conduct adequate due diligence. 6/
@KiK_presse 8. @zara, @MANGO, @com_BESTSELLER & @Primark were invited to respond to the allegations that suppliers Myan Mode, Rui Ning and Huabo Times in #Myanmar use the pandemic to target unionised workers. Unions say that the companies have failed to conduct adequate due diligence. 6/
@KiK_presse @ZARA @Mango @com_bestseller @Primark 9. The sit-down strike organised by garment workers at the K-World factory in #Myanmar continues demanding higher wages, union recognition, an end to verbal abuse from managers, and the right to leave the factory if needed during work-hours.
Read more: cleanclothes.org/covid19 7/
Read more: cleanclothes.org/covid19 7/
