MFO and South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (SANEM) are pleased to announce a new partnership with the international retailer Primark, that aims to strengthen the voice of garment workers throughout the company’s supply chain, in Bangladesh.
Primark is seeking to better understand the views, perspectives and workplace experiences of workers in a number of the company’s suppliers’ factories. Although the project will use MFO and SANEM’s “Garment Worker Diaries” (GWD) financial diaries methodology, whereby workers respond to a series of questions asked repeatedly over a defined period of time, this collaboration is separate to GWD and will use its own set of questions, a separate sample group, and a new and unique field team. By the completion of the project, Primark will have clearer, deeper, and direct knowledge of how workers feel and think about such topics as health and safety at the workplace, wages and bonuses, and retrenchment. The project will engage with 400 workers across various factories who will be recruited via community networks and who will be paid for their time. Finally, while the data from this project will not be made public, the project is rooted in our commitment to give voice and provide greater visibility to those who make our clothes.
