Ethiopian workers are the lowest paid in the global garment supply chain. In a statement, Gregory Poole, TCP’s chief supply chain officer, said the company had cancelled fewer than 3% of orders from Ethiopian suppliers. They have endless pockets.”Another supplier said that although TCP had started to pay back some money for the cancelled orders, the company still owed it hundreds of thousands of dollars. The Children’s Place is one of four leading US apparel brands sourcing goods from Ethiopia, alongside PVH, JC Penney and H&M. She said her employers had told workers the company might go bankrupt because of the volume of lost orders.

Source: Ethiopian News August 26, 2020 12:00 UTC