Worker Rights in Crisis: AFWA Stands with Sri Lanka as Cyclone Ditwah pushes Garment Workers into Danger and Deepening Insecurity
Asia Floor Wage Alliance (AFWA) stands with garment workers in Sri Lanka who are now living through the devastation of Cyclone Ditwah. The floods and landslides caused by the cyclone have claimed the lives of more than 350 people (and counting) in Sri Lanka. Entire worker settlements are under water. Homes flooded so fast that people barely had time to gather their belongings before being moved to relief camps. Streets, access roads, and surrounding areas submerged overnight, cutting workers off from food, clean water, transport, electricity, and communication.