Covid-Induced Lockdown: RMG workers suffered 35pc pay cut last year
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Bangladeshi workers in the readymade garments sector suffered a 35 percent pay cut during the lockdown period amid the coronavirus pandemic last year, which had adverse impacts on their rights to food, health, housing, and even life, says a new study.
The industry also suffered from the closure of markets, suspended shipments, delayed payments, and a liquidity crisis, added the study.
The study report titled The Weakest Link in the Global Supply Chain: How the Pandemic is Affecting Bangladesh s Garment Workers was virtually launched yesterday.
Garment workers suffered 35pc pay cut during lockdown: study finds
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Bangladeshi workers in the readymade garments sector suffered a 35 per cent pay cut during the lockdown for the ongoing pandemic last year, according to a new study. While the industry suffered from the closure of markets, suspended shipments, delayed payments and a liquidity crisis, Bangladeshi workers suffered what was in effect a 35% pay cut during the lockdown month, the study reads.
The study report titled The Weakest Link in the Global Supply Chain: How the Pandemic is Affecting Bangladesh s Garment Workers was virtually launched today.
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Garment workers shout slogans while holding brooms during a protest demanding their due wages in Dhaka in September 2020. Photo: Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters
Eight years ago, one of the worst industrial disasters in history the collapse of an eight storey commercial building in a sub-district of Dhaka demonstrated to the world the heavy price of producing cheap clothing to fuel the fast fashion industry for consumers in the global North. After the Rana Plaza disaster in 2013, the international response concentrated on technocratic approaches to address the lack of worker safety measures by focusing on fire, electrical, and structural improvements to a portion of the country s registered factories. The Accord s tagline is: The Accord helps ready-made garment (RMG) factories in Bangladesh become safe and stay safe for million