The fashion industry is shrinking, and countless workers are losing jobs. But declining sales aren’t the only force behind payroll cuts: Brands and retailers, as well as factories manufacturing for large companies, are using the pandemic as a guise to get rid of unionized workers. According to a recent report by UK labor rights non-profit Business and Human Rights Resource Centre (BHRRC), garment factories are “using the pandemic as a cover to attack workers’ freedom of association.” This is of course against international labor laws.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/elizabethlcline/2020/08/26/apparel-factories-are-busting-unions-a-labor-expert-explains-what-brands-should-be-doing-to-stop-them/