Protecting Garment Workers During COVID-19 Crisis

Expand Garment factory workers wear face masks as they walk out at the end of their work shift March 20, 2020, near Phnom Penh, Cambodia. © 2020 AP Photo/Heng Sinith “When will those of us who were fired get paid?” “Should I go to the factory?” “When will I get my wages?” Concerned workers have been swamping Kalpona Akter’s grassroots organization, the Bangladesh Centre for Workers Solidarity, for advice around the clock. “Workers are really worried about paying for food and rent,” Akter told me. Millions of workers in garment factories across Asia and elsewhere find their jobs at stake as…

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