This week’s Garment Worker Diaries blog brings the project up to date in Bangladesh through April 2022.
Ramadan was last month, and many garment workers ended their observance by taking leave from their factories to get a head start celebrating Eid al-Fitr. There was also additional income from advance payments in April, which meant that some of the quality of life indicators we track saw their best measurements in at least the past two years. We also saw increased transfer activity as workers took money home for the holidays to give to their families.
The equation seems simple: better pay for garment workers equals better lives.
As always, you can send any questions you have for MFO, SANEM, the workers or about the project to questions@workerdiaries.org.
