Top brands probe ‘union-busting’ as virus spurs sackings at factories in Asia

As the pandemic batters the global economy, numerous Western retailers have cancelled orders or demanded discounts from suppliers in countries such as Cambodia, Myanmar and Thailand, leading to many workers going without pay or being sacked.Unions and activists in the region said factory bosses were targeting and firing union members while keeping on non-unionised workers, and feared that the o…

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