Getting Through the Crisis Together 6: Workers Voices - The Impact of COVID 19 on Garment Workers

In the sixth webinar of GIZ FABRIC ́s webinar series, we will look at the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on workers in the textile and garment industry in Asia. How has their life changed under COVID-19? How did they experience the outbreak of the pandemic and the impacts on their industry in their private and in their work life? What are their fears and concerns? What do they want the outside world to know? We will release materials prepared by garment workers in Myanmar and Cambodia that present their perspectives on the current situation. We will hear insights from local trade union leaders and an international researcher on global workers’ rights and how solutions can work for both, workers and factories. Speakers: Ms. Whin Theingi Soe (Soe Lay), Vice President, Industrial Workers Federation of Myanmar (IWFM); Ms. Ken Chheng Lang, Vice President of the Confederation of Cambodian Worker-Movement (CCW) & Education Officer of Collective Union of Movement of Workers (CUMW); Mr. Kong Athit, President of the Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers’ Democratic Union (CCAWDU); Mr. Marc Anner, Professor, Labor and Employment Relations and Center Director, Center for Global Workers’ Rights