AFWA Stands In Solidarity With Workers In Mirpur And Chittagong: Accountability Must Be Binding
Asia Floor Wage Alliance (AFWA) stands in deep sorrow, outrage and solidarity with the workers and families affected by the devastating factory fires in Mirpur (Dhaka) and Chittagong in Bangladesh. These tragedies once again expose a system built on the exploitation and neglect of workers’ safety that values profit over human lives in the garment sector.
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Solidarity Statement with Injured Bangladesh Garment Workers And Union Members During Peaceful Demonstration
Asia Floor Wage Alliance (AFWA) stands in unwavering solidarity with our alliance partner, the Bangladesh Garment and Sweater Workers Trade Union Centre (BGSWTUC), after a brutal and unprovoked police assault on a peaceful demonstration in Dhaka on 13th August. The attack left at least thirty workers with serious injuries, among them General Secretary Kazi Ruhul Amin and multiple district leaders, along with workers including Sufia Begum, Salma Akter, Amir Hossain and twelve others who have been hospitalised at Dhaka Medical College, after being attacked for lawfully demanding rightful compensation.
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Asia Floor Wage Alliance Demands Brand Accountability As US Tariffs Threaten Millions Of Garment Sector Workers
Asia Floor Wage Alliance (AFWA), a coalition of trade unions representing garment workers across Asia, stands united against trade policies that threaten workers’ interests and deepen global inequality. The U.S. government’s recent imposition of tariffs on apparel imports from Asia endangers the livelihoods of millions of garment workers, predominantly women, already earning poverty-level wages.
The imposition of tariffs risks triggering a humanitarian crisis on the scale of the COVID-19 pandemic – when global brands walked away from their responsibilities – unleashing mass layoffs, factory closures, and widespread wage theft, and intensification of gender-based violence and harassment. The cost of geopolitical maneuvers will be borne by garment workers – the majority of whom are women – who will face unemployment and deepening poverty. All while brands continue to prioritize profit over people.
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In solidarity With Garment Workers Left Unemployed by the Sudden Closure of Next Manufacturing Pvt Ltd
We at Asia Floor Wage Alliance (AFWA) stand in unwavering solidarity with the 1,461 workers whose jobs were unjustly terminated due to the sudden closure of Next Manufacturing Pvt Ltd in the in the Katunayake Free Trade Zone, Sri Lanka.
On 19 May 2025, after completing their shifts — workers were informed late in the evening via WhatsApp that the factory would be permanently closed and sealed the very next day. No advance warning was given. No proper procedure was followed. As a result, workers—many of them women, older workers, and primary income earners—have been left without jobs, income, or recourse in an already difficult economic climate.
Read our solidarity statement here in: English
Cambodia: Civil Society Organizations Celebrate the 139th International Workers’ Day: Together, Continue to Implement Fundamental Freedoms to Ensure Social Justice
Asia Floor Wage Alliance, along with over 60 civil society organisations and local communities in Cambodia, endorsed a joint statement released on May Day with a list of demands to the Royal Government of Cambodia.
