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20 Jul 2020

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Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO), Asia Floor Wage Alliance (AFWA), HomeNet South Asia (HNSA) & HomeNet South East Asia (HNSEA)

Asia: Labour groups demand global brands make Supply-chain Relief Contribution to all garment workers during COVID-19 crisis, incl. subcontracted & home-workers

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"Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO), Asia Floor Wage Alliance (AFWA), HomeNet South Asia (HNSA) and HomeNet South East Asia (HNSEA) Demand a COVID-19 Supply-Chain Relief Contribution from Brands for All Garment Workers", July 2020

... [We] jointly demand that global brands in the fashion industry make a Supply-chain Relief Contribution (SRC) to all garment workers in their supply chains during the COVID-19 crisis. Workers include time-rated, piece-rated, subcontracted and home workers...

A Supply-chain Relief Contribution (SRC) should be a quantified amount: an additional 2% of total sourcing by the particular brand in the preceding 12 months from the respective factory. This SRC supplements any shortfall in the estimated 60 days of wages lost from the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis until 30 June 2020... based on the total labour cost of garment production...

AFWA believes that brands are responsible for ensuring that all workers throughout their supply chains (including time-rated, piece-rated, subcontracted and home workers) enjoy labour rights and are paid a living wage... premised on the well documented fact that brands’ purchasing practices determine the wages throughout the supply chain...

AFWA, WIEGO, HNSA and HNSEA believe that any agreement with a brand and/or retailers must be binding...

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