Since June, hundreds of garment workers, working for fast fashion companies such as H&M in countries like India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar, have been protesting layoffs due to overproduction during COVID-19. Because of fluctuations in the supply chain and product consumption, the pandemic has also heightened pre existing issues such as unfair wages and long working hours. Summer Journalism Fellow Maryam Gamar also analyzes H&M’s response to these protests, especially since H&M has advertised its efforts to relieve the effects of COVID-19 on vulnerable communities.
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In short, the French not only strike and protest more often, but when they do, they ensure that the protests and strikes make headlines. This all begs the question: why exactly do the French strike?
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