Organizations of the Clean Clothes Campaign network have urged apparel companies to take action to mitigate the pandemic’s devastating effect on workers.

Thecampaign network urges apparel companies around the world to realize that their supply chain responsibility extends to the garment workers and they should honor their signed contracts and payment terms while allowing for extended production timelines

They should ensure that all workers in the supply chain are paid their legally mandated wages and benefits, including severance payments and arrears, sick pay and payment of full wages during any quarantine, isolation, or furlough

Ensure that factories adhere to ILO and WHO Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) protection standards and have access to adequate protective equipment (PPE), physical distancing, right of removal from danger, and worker participation mechanisms, adaptation of transport systems, the right to refuse unsafe work, and hazard pay.

Companies should also ensure workers’ right to organize is respected and that suppliers work with unions and worker organizations in addressing these issues