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ILO says garment industry should do more to help workers hit by COVID-19 pandemic

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MITO, Japan: The COVID-19 pandemic has slammed the apparel industry, leaving many of the 65 million Asian garment factory workers struggling as factories close or cut back on wages, and the International Labor Organization (ILO) urging the industry to do more to protect them.

The ILO issued a report Wednesday (Oct 21) noting that imports from major garment-exporting countries in Asia plunged by up to 70 per cent in the first half of 2020 and are still well below levels before the crisis hit, costing many workers their jobs as factories closed or cut back on production.

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While that has had dire consequences for those working in the industry, most of them women, the pandemic is an opportunity for fashion brands to make their supply chains more resilient, sustainable and “human centered", said Christian Viegelahn, a senior economist at the ILO's regional office in Bangkok.

READ: 'All my dreams are shattered': COVID-19 crushes Asia’s garment industry

A full recovery for the industry will likely depend on overcoming the pandemic and may not come until 2022, he said.

Ensuring a better safety net for garment factory workers who have scant support to fall back on when they lose their jobs in countries like Bangladesh, Cambodia and Myanmar is vital, the ILO researchers said.

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But the industry needs to do more to improve basic things such as power supplies, logistics and communication and should also try to become more environmentally friendly.

“All these things are on the table and there are some discussions about this," Viegelahn said in an online briefing. “It is too early to say in which direction the industry will go."

READ: Asia's garment industry sees lay-offs, factories closing due to COVID-19

The ILO report assessed conditions in 10 major garment exporting countries in the Asia-Pacific region: Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Vietnam. The region accounts for three-quarters of all garment factory jobs, it said.

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Almost half of all jobs related to apparel making in the region depend on exports to wealthy countries in the West, where outbreaks of the coronavirus led to lockdowns that may once again disrupt shopping and trade as caseloads rise.

The survey, conducted in the spring, found that workers lost an average of two to four weeks of work. Only about three in five workers were called back to work after their factories reopened from shutdowns to fight COVID-19.

Even those still employed are facing smaller paychecks or delays in getting their wages, said Viegelahn.

He and other ILO experts said it was nearly impossible to provide exact statistics on the current, fast-changing situation.

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