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Suppliers bore the brunt of the pandemic. Now they’re taking action

Garment manufacturers, in a rare move, are working together across factory lines to come up with solutions for better treatment from brands after Covid-19 cost business and jobs.
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Last year’s onslaught of order cancellations and worker layoffs pushed many garment manufacturers to a tipping point. Now, from North Africa to Southeast Asia, global suppliers are looking for paths to empowerment in the aftermath of the pandemic.

“We don’t want to be silent,” says Miran Ali, managing director of the Bangladeshi conglomerate Bitopi Group.