What Causes Garment Workers to Quit Their Jobs?

Codes of Conduct and auditing continue to be the primary methods through which global buyers attempt to uphold labor rights and standards in their supply chains. This form of private regulation was designed and built by global buyers and multi-stakeholder institutions in the global North. Apparel workers in the global South were never consulted in the design and implementation of the codes of conduct that affect their working lives. This begs the questions: “What do apparel workers care about?” “What aspects of codes are most important to them?”