Garment workers are starving

The pandemic has put pressure on the entire fashion industry, but it’s the low-wage workers in its supply chain who are suffering the harshest consequences.

Many are literally going hungry, according to a survey (pdf) of 396 workers by Worker Rights Consortium (WRC), an independent labor-rights watchdog, and Genevieve LeBaron, a professor of politics at the UK’s University of Sheffield.

Since the pandemic began, 77% of the respondents said they or a member of their household had gone hungry, and 20% said they had experienced hunger on a daily basis. Many reported having to buy less meat and vegetables, reducing the nutritional quality of their meals as well.

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