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Fear of hunger and uncertainty ahead has forced many from the Musahari community in Bihar to roam on the streets and seek help from people for food as well to collect dry bamboo, tree branches and waste woods for use as cooking fuel.
https://www.newsclick.in/COVID-19-Poorest-Poor-Roaming-Streets-Food-Fuelin-Bihar
Cambodian PM Hun Sen has just announced that suspended garment workers will receive ONLY $70 per month (instead of $120 pm). The govt will pay $40 to all workers and the factory management will pay $30.
https://vodkhmer.news/2020/04/07/hr-hun-sen-claims-that-the-state-and-the-employer-pay-70-to-the-workers-during-the-suspension/
While Bangladeshi suppliers are struggling as many brands cancelled orders amid the COVID-19 pandemic, some brands are asking for discounts of up to 30% on previously placed orders & have said they will take 30-40 days more than usual to pay suppliers.
https://tbsnews.net/economy/rmg/apparel-makers-face-further-hardships-buyers-demand-discount-64132?fbclid=IwAR1-t6ZwkeNT_tzZ-PT0RlAuFxkSCI-DfV_zf3Ww8DNZj8zXGg35O3VEnxg#.XolO0Tn869Y.facebook
Gap Inc has paused all production for Summar & Fall items and has asked suppliers not to ship products already completed unless they are for the company’s online platform, leaving its manufacturers and supply chain workers in deep crisis.
https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/professional/gap-inc-cancels-summer-and-fall-orders-as-covid-19-bites
GMAC says that 80% of buyers, including those from the US, Europe, & Canada have postponed purchases from Cambodian suppliers from mid-April to May end. They demand a review of the govt policy that demands that employers pay 40% wages during the lockdown.
https://vodkhmer.news/2020/04/03/gmac-says-it-is-suspending-its-purchases-from-cambodia/
Apparel makers in South and Southeast Asia face months of potentially fatal factory closures and mass layoffs as European and American retailers shut their stores and suspend supply orders due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Asia’s garment makers hang by a Covid-19 thread
asiatimes.com
Apparel makers in South and Southeast Asia face months of potentially fatal factory closures and mass layoffs as European and American retailers shut their stores and suspend supply orders due to t...Unfortunately, operations in numerous factories are now being suspended across top garment producers in Cambodia 🇰🇭 , Vietnam 🇻🇳 Bangladesh 🇧🇩 Myanmar 🇲🇲 and Indonesia 🇮🇩. This is because of disrupted supply chains in China as the country is the main provider of raw materials for many clothing manufacturers.
Garment industry hit hard by COVID-19
theaseanpost.com
Myanmar had shut down at least 20 apparel factories while 10,000 workers have been temporarily laid off.According to Vietnam 🇻🇳 National Textile and Garment Group (VINATEX), during mid-March, 2020, there were consecutive orders cancelled, stopped and suspended, leading to the underempoyment of most units April and May 2020.
Covid-19 impact and responses: Vietnam – Fair Wear
www.fairwear.org
Updated on: 30 March, 2020What is the current situation?General informationAs of March 30, 2020, Vietnam has currently declared 194 cases of
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The Asia Floor Wage Alliance is an Asian labour-led global labour and social alliance across garment producing countries and consumer regions for addressing poverty level wages, gender discrimination, and freedom of association in global garment production networks.
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