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COVID Disruptions to the Apparel Supply Chain: Focus on Bangladesh

DUCIGS webinar flyer
Tuesday, June 02, 2020
12:30 pm - 1:45 pm
Mark Anner & Jennifer Bair

As part of the DUCIGS/Rethinking Diplomacy series on COVID-19 and global supply chain, this session will focus on how disruptions to the apparel supply chain are affecting clothing manufacturers and the garment workers they employ. The focus of the talk will be Bangladesh, one of the world's largest apparel exporters, and, since the Rana Plaza collapse of 2012, the site of far-reaching reforms designed to improve worker health and safety. In the first part of the talk, Jennifer Bair will discuss developments since Rana Plaza, and the status of the industry on the eve of the COVID crisis. Then Mark Anner will present findings from a survey of manufacturers on the extent of supply chain disruptions, as well as efforts to secure some protection for suppliers and workers negatively affected by declining demand from global brands and retailers.

Jennifer Bair is Associate Professor and Associate Chair in the Department of Sociology at the University of Virginia. Mark Anner is an Associate Professor of Labor and Employment Relations and the founding director of the Center for Global Workers' Rights at the Pennsylvania State University.

Professor Gary Gereffi (Department of Sociology, Director of Global Value Chains Center, Duke University) will moderate the discussion.

This event is open to the public but registration is required. Please click the webcast link to register. This event will be recorded.

Contact: Xiaojuan Ping