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COVID-19 Snapshots

Millions of workers in garment supply chains world-wide have not been paid their full wages during the pandemic or have lost their jobs without adequate financial compensation. We call upon brands to take responsibility for the workers that make their clothes and ensure that workers are paid what they are owed. Read more about how workers in global supply chains, especially those of H&M, Primark, and Nike, have been affected in the livelihood by the pandemic and join us in asking brands: Do you #PayYourWorkers?

Millions of workers in garment supply chains world-wide have not been paid their full wages during the pandemic or have lost their jobs without adequate financial compensation. We call upon brands to take responsibility for the workers that make their clothes and ensure that workers are paid what they are owed. Read more about how workers in global supply chains, especially those of H&M, Primark, and Nike, have been affected in the livelihood by the pandemic and join us in asking brands: Do you #PayYourWorkers?

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Workers who are not paid might still retain their jobs for the future,<br />

but in many cases workers are simply laid off en masse, either<br />

because factories are bankrupt, to keep from paying mandatory<br />

bonuses, or to get rid of unwanted workers such as union members.<br />

In times of severely shrinking employment opportunities, in countries<br />

where unemployment insurance or other forms of social safety nets<br />

are absent, dismissal often means hunger.

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