Sajida Foundation, which has partnered with British clothing app Mallzee to raise money by selling off unwanted stock, said it had distributed about $250,000 among 10,500 garment workers. A European Union-funded scheme to provide cash to laid-off garment workers is being discussed, according to a labour ministry official who was not authorised to speak to the media. SECOND SLOWDOWN FEAREDThe Thomson Reuters Foundation spoke to 20 people who lost their garment industry jobs between April and August. Nazma Akter, head of the Sommilito Garments Sramik Federation - a union that represents nearly 100,000 garment workers - said she had come across cases where laid-off workers had been rehired by their former factories but on worse terms. "Even workers who have jobs now are worried of losing them because of the pandemic's second wave in Europe."

Source: bd News24 October 01, 2020 15:00 UTC