In 2023, garment workers are continuing to be put out of work across Cambodia, with more than 20,000 workers impacted by the suspension or closure of as many as 1,000 garment factories.7 While the world may be returning to normal as the immediate impacts of the pandemic finally subside, for the one in five households across Cambodia that rely on the garment industry for their livelihoods, the cris. [...] In the past there were only a few days when we didn’t have room to breathe at the end of the month, but now it’s half the month.” – Berry Apparel worker 12 STITCHED UNDER STRAIN: long-term wage loss across the Cambodian garment industry 03 BACKGROUND The exploitation at the centre of the global fashion industry The global fashion industry has a human rights problem. [...] But by the end of the year, hundreds of factories had closed unexpectedly or suspended operations, leaving an estimated 100,000 workers out of work and contributing to a 10 percent drop in exports.15 Conditions continued to worsen in 2021, reflecting the effects of not only the pandemic, but also Cambodia’s loss of preferential trade status due to the termination of the EBA and expiry of the GSP. [...] Evidence from the Worker Rights Consortium found that in the aftermath of the closure of Berry Apparel’s sister factory Violet Apparel in July 2020, Berry Apparel’s workforce expanded and the company began to produce for Nike.46 This research suggests that by the end of 2022 the situation had changed considerably, with evidence pointing to a significant reduction in wages across the factory. [...] An estimate of what the Bangladesh and Cambodia are wearing the cost garment industry owes its workers | Clean Clothes of Covid-19 | ActionAid and CATU Campaign; Still Un(der)paid in the Pandemic | 6 Still Un(der)paid in the Pandemic: How the garment Clean Clothes Campaign industry failed to pay its workers during the 21 In January 2021, the Ministry of Labour announced pandemic | Clean Clothes Ca.
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