YANGON - Some of the world's biggest fashion brands including H&M, Zara owners Inditext and C&A have reached an agreement with suppliers and trade unions to protect garment factories and workers in Myanmar from the worst impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Next, Bestseller and Tchibo have also signed up to the deal with the Industrial Workers Federation of Myanmar (IWFM) and the IndustriALL Global Union.
The agreement, which hopes to attract more industry stakeholders, aims to keep the doors of Myanmar’s garment and footwear industry open to the world and its workers protected during and after the pandemic.
