Asia Floor Wage Alliance

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ASIA FLOOR WAGE ALLIANCE

The Asia Floor Wage Alliance (AFWA) was founded in 2007 as an Asian labour-led global labour and social alliance across garment producing countries (such as Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) and consumer regions (USA and Europe) for addressing poverty level wages, gender discrimination, and freedom of association in global garment production networks.

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Calling for govt help to support the Indian 🇮🇳 textile industry which is in crisis, K Radharaman from the House of Angadi, says that many Indian textile firms have started announcing pay cuts to middle/senior management and have shelved expansion plans.
https://t.co/hN1XUsXJzX

While Cambodian 🇰🇭 Govt has curbed public ga

While Cambodian 🇰🇭 Govt has curbed public gathering to control COVID-19, garment workers continue to be packed into vans, trucks & tractors with trailers to travel for work.
They remain at high risk as they continue to work and live in crowded, poorly ventilated spaces.

https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50708628/ban-on-crowds-to-curb-covid-19-pandemic-from-becoming-an-epidemic-but-how-about-factory-workers/

In South India 🇮🇳,migrant garment workers li

In South India 🇮🇳,migrant garment workers living in both hostels & rented homes near factories are having difficulty in accessing food/essentials. Most workers in hostels are young migrant men and women, who in many cases don't even speak local languages.
https://news.trust.org/item/20200330115141-jaq9i/?fbclid=IwAR2_2q385j2BoEf08kRocVMBP57xdJJZED8tLWOm2TJAKfc7yfdQB1v0yvM

Migrant workers returning to their homes from citi

Migrant workers returning to their homes from cities were forced by the administration in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India 🇮🇳 to take an open bath in groups with sanitizer & chlorine mixed with water before they were allowed entry into the district.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/coronavirus-in-bareilly-migrants-forced-to-take-bath-in-the-open-with-sanitiser/article31204430.ece

Garment workers at Sukabumi, Indonesia 🇮🇩 de

Garment workers at Sukabumi, Indonesia 🇮🇩 demand paid leave. With factories continuing to work, garment workers say they receive only 2 masks a week, which they have to use till it stinks.
They say social distancing is impossible, with only 50 cm gaps btw workers. The fear of losing pay & jobs is what is forcing them to work, though they are scared of contracting COVID-19.

https://news.detik.com/berita-jawa-barat/d-4960861/curhat-buruh-pabrik-di-sukabumi-yang-masih-bekerja-saat-corona-mewabah

With brands canceling/suspending orders, Garment M

With brands canceling/suspending orders, Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia 🇰🇭(GMAC) has said that factory owners CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY 40% OF THE WORKERS WAGES during the COVID-19 lockdown as instructed by the Cambodian Prime Minister. GMAC Secretary-General Ken Loo stated that order cancellations and lack of payments by brands have made suppliers unable to pay their workers. He says that as of March 31st, more than 70 factories have asked for permissions for layoffs, which could affect about 30,000 workers.

https://vodkhmer.news/2020/03/31/gmac-says-that-employers-are-not-able-to-pay-40-of-their-wages-to-workers/

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