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In the wake of the coronavirus crisis, precarious working conditions in the clothing industry are becoming apparent. Redundancies and wage losses continue: Another 3,000 textile workers have been laid off from now on. They react with protest and a symbolic hunger strike.
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On the Canada Life donation platform can be voted on for our Corona Emergency Fund as of today, 16 June 2020.
Every vote counts and supports FEMNET in receiving additional donations for the care of textile workers and their families in India and Bangladesh.
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Whether rain jacket, sweater or mud pants: Nurses also buy clothes. FEMNET advises care facilities on finding fair alternatives. Now we have put together the most important information in a shopping aid.
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The Asia Floor Wage Alliance (AFWA), an alliance founded in 2007 by Asian labour rights organisations from several countries, analysed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on workers in the garment manufacturing countries. The focus is on Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
This is a Summary of the original report (PDF file).
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Shefali is pleased to be able to receive food aid from NGWF through the FEMNET Corona Emergency Aid Fund: “It will help me for some days”
Shefali is 18 years old and works in a textile factory in Dhaka. With her income, she supports her family as a single earner. However, due to the coronavirus pandemic, she received only 60% of her March salary. After the factory had to close for two more months in April and May, Shefali received neither job opportunities nor any wage payments. With the reduced salary, she could not cover all expenses for house rent, food, child-rearing, transport and medicine for herself and the family of six.
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While we are talking about flying shame and abstaining from meat, the climate consequences of the textile industry are almost unknown. To change this, FEMNET offers a new workshop module for schools that deals with the climate impacts of the textile industry.
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More and more and cheaper. This trend has been followed by the global apparel industry for years. Fast fashion not only leads to precarious working conditions in the producing countries, but also causes massive environmental and climate damage. The fashion industry therefore plays a significant role in the fight against climate change.
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Under the guise of the COVID-19 pandemic, basic labour rights in many states of India are to be suspended or softened in order to revive the downturn in economic output. The central unions, workers and the ILO have spoken out against this.
In January 2020, our new project on educational work at universities and schools was launched, in which we want to cooperate more closely with student initiatives and sustainability groups at schools. We want to build on your commitment and work together with you!
FEMNET accompanied the public tenders of the cities of Bonn, Cologne and Stuttgart. Now let's summarize our findings in a handbook: In particular, we use quality labels and questionnaires to take a closer look at the documentation.
If the group does not move forward, the shareholders can show it the way. For example, on the occasion of the Hugo Boss Annual General Meeting, shareholder and FEMNET Chairman Dr Gisela Burckhardt calls for the creation of a ‘fund for living wages’ for the group’s seamstresses in its supply chains. At the latest in times of the corona crisis, it is now becoming apparent that without sustainable income structures, the survivability of the clothing industry and its employees is at stake.
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“We are tired and emotionally drained. If we have to stay hungry, we prefer to be at home – with our family and children.” says Vijendra Mandal from Jharkhand, who works in the textile industry in Tamil Nadu.
The lockdown was extended a second time and the resumption of work in the factories remains unclear. Meanwhile, it comes to Protests by migrant workersThey want to finally be able to travel home.
