Clean Clothes Podcast E1 - Organising workers in the time of COVID

In this episode we hear how:

• community mobilisation defended a garment worker in Romania,
• trade unions and worker organisations made gains in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka,
• the effects of the pandemic in Turkey has led to a re-think on future campaigns to support worker rights,
• plus thoughts and reflections on the impact of COVID on worker organising.

Speakers:

• Laura Stefanut, campaigner and former investigative journalist, Romania
• Anton Marcus, Joint Secretary of FTZ&GSEU (Free Trade Zone and General Services Employees Union), Sri Lanka
• Kalpona Akter, Executive Director of BCWS (Bangladesh Center for Workers Solidarity)
• Bego Demir, Clean Clothes Campaign, Turkey
• Christie Miedema, Clean Clothes Campaign International Office, Netherlands
• Mandy Felicia, EILER (Ecumenical Institute for Labor Education and Research), Philippines

Please share your feedback, comments and questions, by emailing: podcast @ cleanclothes.org