been the sole breadwinner in her family for most of her
life, was left without a steady income or health
insurance.
McCarty wasn’t the only one in the global apparel
industry whose future was thrust into uncertainty.
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Thousands of miles away, in countries like Bangladesh,
Sri Lanka and Cambodia, apparel factories had just
received catastrophic news from retailers in the West. In
order to o set the nancial losses of the pandemic,
executives had made a swift and nearly universal
decision: They were going to steal $40 billion from their
most vulnerable workers.
“This wasn’t theoretical money,” said Elizabeth L.
Cline, who works with the consumer activist nonpro t
Remake (https://remake.world/). “This was garment