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Sri Lanka: Protect Garment Workers’ Rights During Pandemic
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Compromised Safety, Pay Cuts, Representatives Threatened
(New York) – The Sri Lankan government, factory owners, and the international clothes brands sourcing from Sri Lanka should protect the safety and employment rights of garment workers during the Covid-19 pandemic, Human Rights Watch said today.
The Sri Lankan government has used a strict lockdown, first imposed on May 21, 2021, and other measures, including travel bans and bans on public gatherings, to contain a fresh wave of Covid-19 cases. However, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa ordered garment factories to remain open. Trade unions and public health inspectors have reported numerous virus outbreaks in factories, as well as in the congested boarding houses where many workers live, and alleged that employers were under-testing and under-reporting cases to maintain production levels.
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Bangladesh garment workers demand the continuation of the Accord to maintain workplace safety
ON THE eighth anniversary of Rana Plaza on Saturday 24 April, UNI Global Union and IndustriALL demanded fashion brands commit to a new legally-binding global agreement to succeed the Bangladesh Accord, which is due to expire at the end of May.
The Accord has transformed fire and building safety in the Bangladesh garment industry since it was established by UNI and IndustriALL in the aftermath of the Rana Plaza factory collapse that killed over a thousand workers.
As the deadline for the Accord looms, UNI and IndustriALL are calling for a global agreement, enforceable on individual brands, which would safeguard the achievements made in Bangladesh and expand the principles and commitments to other countries.
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