RESOURCES

A list of resources related to the impact of coronavirus on garment workers and global apparel supply chains.

INFORMATION TRACKERS

• Clean Clothes Campaign Live-Blog on Garment Workers Impacted by Coronavirus

• Worker Rights Consortium brand tracker on which brands have paid for in-process and completed orders

• Business and Human Rights Resource Centre  tracks brand responses and impact on the garment sector.

• International Labor Rights Forum resource guide for petitions, live blogs, and global solidarity.

• Retail Dive tracks retailers’ responses, including store reopening, retail worker pay, and more.

• Foot Wear News is tracking fashion philanthropy.

• Omega research foundation tracks excessive use 

PODCASTS

• Wardrobe Crisis: How Covid-19 Is Impacting Garment Workers

• Eco-Age Fashion Critical Podcast

DEMANDS, PROPOSALS

• Clean Clothes Campaign list of demands upon brand and retailers.

• Global union and employer joint call to action.

• Worker Rights Consortium and MHSSN safety recommendations.

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REPORTS AND BACKGROUND PAPERS

• WRC / PennState Survey of Impacted Factory Owners in Bangladesh [PDF]

• Worker Rights Consortium White Paper: Who will bail out the workers that make our clothes? [PDF]

• Clean Clothes Campaign: COVID-19 Short Term Demands in Defense of Garment Workers in Global Supply Chain

• The European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights Policy Paper: Garment supply chains in intensive care? Human rights due diligence in times of (economic) crises [PDF]

• Asia Floor Wage Alliance: The Emperor Has No Clothes : Garment Supply Chain in the Time of Pandemic ( Issue 1) [PDF]

• Asia Floor Wage Alliance Statement on Garment Workers’ Demands in the face of COVID -19 Crisis [PDF]

• OECD's paper on COVID-19 and responsible business conduct.

• ECCHR, SOMO and Pax paper on responsible business relationships.

• Traidcraft Exchange "Bailing out the supply chain"

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