Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, business-as-usual has collapsed throughout the fashion industry. With retail shops closed and online sales slowed by the global economic downturn, fashion brands are in trouble.

Yet, as is too often the case in times of crisis, many of the hardships of this pandemic have fallen on the most vulnerable members of the supply chain: the workers. Brands have been seen cancelling their orders from factories and suppliers, withholding payments of finished and in-production goods, and even demanding discounts, as factories in some countries are reopening their operations.