"Pay Your Workers", 28 September 2020

Garment workers have been left unpaid, jobless, or received only a percentage of their poverty wages. Brands must take responsibility.

Millions of workers in garment supply chains world-wide have not been paid their full wages during the pandemic or have lost their jobs without adequate financial compensation. We call upon brands to take responsibility for the workers that make their clothes and ensure that workers are paid what they are owed...

Brands and retailers with (global) supply chains... must ensure that the workers who made their clothes at the onset of the crisis are paid their legally owed wages and severance. They can publicly show that they are committed to safeguarding the livelihood of their workers by publishing the wage assurance on their website. This means they commit to ensuring that their workers are paid what they are owed, both during the pandemic and beyond by joining a severance guarantee fund that will make sure workers are no longer left penniless if their factory goes bankrupt...