27-05-2020 07:15 via theguardian.com

Fast fashion: Pakistan garment workers fight for rights amid Covid-19 crisis

Protesters demand wages at factory supplying global fashion brands, as coronavirus leads to layoffs in textile industryCoronavirus - latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage
Police in Karachi last week allegedly shot at hundreds of unarmed garment workers protesting outside a factory supplying denim for global fashion brands.Garment workers such as Abdul Basit, 35, claimed to have been charged by police with batons outside a factory which is reported to have fired more than 15,000 workers
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