ITHACA - A global severance fund paid for, in part, by brands should be established to protect garment workers in supply chain countries which often lack adequate social protection systems, according to a new study.
Researchers at Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR School) were commissioned to carry out the study by the global IndustriALL trade union after millions of garment workers lost pay and jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Entitled 'Security for Apparel Workers: Alternative Models', it argues that the pandemic brought to light the precarious work environment that garment workers had faced for decades.
