COLOMBO – Garment manufacturers in Sri Lanka have again crossed swords with workers' rights campaigners over the protection of factory workers from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sri Lanka’s Joint Apparel Association Forum (JAAF) has criticised the Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC) which recently led a joint call from more than 50 groups calling for more to be done to keep workers safe in the country, and also in Bangladesh.
The CCC, along with other NGOs and trade unions, claimed that both countries had put workers' lives at risk by exempting garment factories from lockdowns because of their economic importance.
