Solidarity Greetings on May Day!

International Workers’ Day stands as a testament to the enduring struggles and collective power of working people across the world. On this day, the Asia Floor Wage Alliance (AFWA) stands in solidarity with workers and trade unions across Asia. Our struggles are interconnected, and our strength lies in building power across borders.

The garment industry, driven by global fashion brands’ extreme greed, is emblematic of working people’s hardships and resistance. Garment supply chains are sustained by systemic exploitation of women workers whose labor drives the industry. Women workers in garment production countries in Asia face entrenched injustice: poverty wages, wage theft, gender-based violence and harassment, and the routine denial of fundamental rights. This is not incidental – subjugation of women workers fuels this highly profitable industry whose revenues are primarily captured by fashion brands from the Global North.

Read the statement here: English